Miss Tulip Stays the Night

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Miss Tulip Stays the Night
"Miss Tulip Stays the Night" (1955).jpg
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
Production
company
Release dates
July 1955 (UK)
Running time
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

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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