The Third Alibi (1961)
A composer is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
- Date of release
- 1961-03-15
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Director
- Montgomery Tully
Casting
- Laurence Payne — Norman Martell
- Patricia Dainton — Helen Martell
- Jane Griffiths — Peggy Hill
- Edward Underdown — Dr. Peter Murdoch
- John Arnatt — Supt. Ross
- Humphrey Lestocq — Simmons, the Producer
- Lucy Griffiths — Miss Potter
- Olive Milbourne — Mrs. Booth
- Arthur Hewlett — Marshall
- Annette Kerr — Cinema cashier
- Cleo Laine — Cleo
- Dudley Moore — Rehearsal Pianist (Uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Third Alibi is a 1961 British 'B' thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Laurence Payne, Patricia Dainton, Jane Griffiths and Edward Underdown. The screenplay is by Maurice J. Wilson and Tully, based on the play A Moment of Blindness by Pip and Jane Baker.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Dream Lover 1994 · ★ 6.8
- A Perfect Murder 1998 · ★ 6.6
- Dial M for Murder 1954 · ★ 8.0
- Adulterers 2016 · ★ 6.2
- Deep Water 2022 · ★ 5.8
- Careful What You Wish For 2015 · ★ 6.1
- Tyler Perry's Duplicity 2025 · ★ 6.6
- House by the River 1950 · ★ 6.8
- Shirley 2020 · ★ 6.1
- The File on Thelma Jordon 1949 · ★ 6.5
- Gone Girl 2014 · ★ 7.9
- Manhattan Night 2016 · ★ 5.9