(1946) Wanted for Murder
PSYCHOLOGICAL CRIME DRAMA
It opens with a bus conductor, Jack Williams (Derek Farr) taking a liking to a woman name Ann (Dulcie Gray) while on a train. And he recognizes her because apparently she was one of the passengers he saw and liked, as she used to take the bus he used to work at until he was transferred. And Jack decides to put his plans on hold so that he can come with her to the fair even though she has another engagement to see someone else. This person she was supposed to meet, his name is Victor James Colebrooke (Eric Portman), and is late meeting him. When Jack went to get some ice cream leaving her on the carousel ride, is when she spots and takes off to meet Victor. The next day, a lady is found murdered with Chief Inspector Conroy (Roland Culver) taking in charge of the case, along with his assistant, Sgt Sullivan (Stanley Holloway), and that both Jack and Victor were there approximately at the same time the murder happened. And it was not until it reached the half hour mark, viewers see that it was Victor who was strangling woman at random, as the movie turns into a game of cat and mouse. Victor mocks the police by sending them postcards when the strangler was going to strike next by using his alias Tom Maren.
My rating may have been higher had the ending had not felt very rushed.
It opens with a bus conductor, Jack Williams (Derek Farr) taking a liking to a woman name Ann (Dulcie Gray) while on a train. And he recognizes her because apparently she was one of the passengers he saw and liked, as she used to take the bus he used to work at until he was transferred. And Jack decides to put his plans on hold so that he can come with her to the fair even though she has another engagement to see someone else. This person she was supposed to meet, his name is Victor James Colebrooke (Eric Portman), and is late meeting him. When Jack went to get some ice cream leaving her on the carousel ride, is when she spots and takes off to meet Victor. The next day, a lady is found murdered with Chief Inspector Conroy (Roland Culver) taking in charge of the case, along with his assistant, Sgt Sullivan (Stanley Holloway), and that both Jack and Victor were there approximately at the same time the murder happened. And it was not until it reached the half hour mark, viewers see that it was Victor who was strangling woman at random, as the movie turns into a game of cat and mouse. Victor mocks the police by sending them postcards when the strangler was going to strike next by using his alias Tom Maren.
My rating may have been higher had the ending had not felt very rushed.