Miss Tulip Stays the Night
Miss Tulip Stays the Night | |
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Directed by | Leslie Arliss |
Produced by | John O. Douglas Bill Luckwell |
Written by | John O. Douglas Jack Hulbert Bill Luckwell |
Starring | Diana Dors Patrick Holt Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge |
Cinematography | Kenneth Talbot |
Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
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Release dates
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July 1955 (UK) |
Running time
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68 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Miss Tulip Stays the Night is a 1955 British comedy crime film directed by Leslie Arliss and starring Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge.[1] The screenplay concerns a crime writer and his wife who stay at a country house, where a mysterious corpse appears.
Plot
A novelist (Patrick Holt) and his wife (Diana Dors) are sleeping peacefully in their new cottage when a mysterious lady (Cicely Courtneidge) arrives, apparently stranded in a storm. She hands the writer her gun, and some jewellery, and asks for a bed for the night. Unfortunately, someone shoots her during the night and the author is accused of the crime. He is forced to turn detective to defend himself.
Cast
- Diana Dors - Kate Dax
- Patrick Holt - Andrew Dax
- Jack Hulbert - Constable Feathers
- Cicely Courtneidge - Millicent Tulip/Angela Tulip
- A. E. Matthews - Mr Potts
- Joss Ambler - Inspector Thorne
- Ida Patlanski - Judith Gale
- George Roderick - Sergeant Akers
- Brian Oulton - Dr. Willis
- Ian Wilson - Police photographer
- Archie Terry-Thomas - Archie Dax
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "badly done on all counts";[2] whereas The Digital Fix wrote, "Miss Tulip manages to combine comedy and murder with efficient ease".[3]
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External links
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