6/10
British horror anthology with a Twilight Zone feel
2 August 2021
Three Cases of Murder is a three-story anthology dealing with murder. Two of the stories reminded me of Twilight Zone episodes.

The first, "In the Picture," is an eery story of a museum curator who actuallly winds up in a painting, with unhappy results.

The second is actually a whodunit, "You Killed Elizabeth" with Elizabeth Sellars as the object of the affection of two best friends. When she is found dead, the two provide an alibi for one another. Elizabeth Sellars to me looks a lot like Jacqueline Onassis. This is an okay story but different from the other two.

The last stars Orson Welles with a fake nose (he always had one) as "Lord Mountdrago," a most unpleasant member of the House of Lords. He ruins the career of a rival who promises to destroy him. Before you know it, Lord Mondrago is having all kinds of nightmares featuring this rival. What's worse, the man seems to know about them.

A psychiatrist tells him he must apologize and make peace with his rival in order to stop having the dreams, but Lord Mountdrago is arrogant and refuses.

Enjoyable, with Alan Badel appearing in all three. The stories are introduced by Eamonn Andrews.
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