Murder at 3 a.m. is a 1953 British crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring Dennis Price, Peggy Evans and Rex Garner.[1] The screenplay of this second feature involves a Scotland Yard detective who investigates a series of attacks on women.[2]

Murder at 3am
Original Australian poster
Directed by	Francis Searle
Written by	John Ainsworth Moie Charles (additional dialogue)
Story by	John Ainsworth
Produced by	John Ainsworth David Henley
Starring	Dennis Price Peggy Evans Rex Garner
Cinematography	S.D. Onions
Edited by	Adam Dawson
Music by	Eric Spear
Production companies	David Henley Productions Renown Pictures Corporation
Release date	July 1953 (1953-07) (UK)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Dennis Price as Inspector Peter Lawton
• Peggy Evans as Joan Lawton
• Rex Garner as Sgt. Bill Todd
• Arnold Bell as McMann
• Greta Mayaro as Lena
• Philip Saville as Edward/Jim King
• Leonard Sharp as Old Skip
• Nora Gordon as Nanna
• Renee Goddard as Lady Branstead
• Arthur Lovegrove as Inspector Cobb
• Daphne Maddox as Victim
• Robert Weeden as Constable
• John Davis as Transmitting Constable

Critical reception

To-Day's Cinema called it an "efficient specimen" of the crime thriller.[3]

References

External links

• Murder at 3am at IMDb

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