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Miss Tulip Stays The Night. Kate (Diana Dors)
Miss Tulip Stays The Night

Miss Tulip Stays The Night

  • 1955 film

Murder mystery comedy. A couple are suspected of murder when a visitor to their rented cottage is found shot dead. Stars Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, A.E. Matthews and more.

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Miss Tulip Stays The Night. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Dax (Patrick Holt), Kate (Diana Dors)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1955
Stars
Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, A.E. Matthews, Joss Ambler, Ida Patlansky, George Roderick and more
Writer
John O. Douglas
Director
Leslie Arliss
Producers
John O. Douglas, Bill Luckwell and D.E.A. Winn
Company

Murder mystery novelist Andrew Dax is up against a deadline, so his wife Kate arranges for them to hire a country cottage and get away from all distractions.

Arriving late after suffering a breakdown, the couple have barely sat down before hearing an insistent knocking at the door, and the entry of Millicent Tulip. Her own car having broken down directly outside the property, and scared after apparently receiving a string of threatening letters, she plays on the Dax's sense of kindly hospitality for the night.

Come morning, however, Kate is horrified to discover Miss Tulip dead in their living room - and not simply dead, but murdered. When the police arrive, they're quick to apportion blame, and it's heading straight in Andrew's direction.

Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
68 minutes
Distributors

Grand Alliance

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Saturday 21st January 2017 at 10:00am on London Live
  • Saturday 13th August 2016 at 6:50am on London Live
  • Friday 17th June 2016 at 2:30pm on London Live

Recording details

  • Nettlefold Studios

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