Three Cases of Murder (1955)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗DirectorDavid Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, Orson Welles
Year1955
CountryUK
GenreAnthology
TypeMovie
Runtime99m
CastOrson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Emrys Jones, Alan Badel, André Morell, Hugh Pryse, Leueen MacGrath, Eddie Byrne, Helen Cherry
Review
"This unusual British film seems to have gone relatively unnoticed by numerous horror film historians and if it does warrant a mention it's usually dismissed without much afterthought. But with a cast that includes Orson Welles and a segment directed by one of Britain's first female directors (Wendy Toye), THREE CASES OF MURDER stands out as a wonderful example of early British horror cinema that rivals the highly acclaimed anthology DEAD OF NIGHT (1945)... George More O'Ferrall supposedly directed [the third] segment but in Peter Bogdanovich‘s acclaimed book This Is Orson Welles he credits Welles with co-directing the dream sequences and I have no reason to doubt him." - Kimberly Lindbergs, TCM's Movie Morlocks
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
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HIGHEST#2,0072019
LOWEST#2,5092026
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Lists featuring this film 5 lists
| Antti Alanen and Asko Alanen's Musta Peili - horror film filmography | 1985 | Unranked | — |
| British Horror Films' The British Horror Films top 100 | 2006 | Ranked | #69 |
| Dr-Faustus' GREATEST HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME | 2018 | Unranked | — |
| The Bloody Pit of Horror's Top 10 List For 1955 | 2009 | Ranked | #3 |
| The Orlok's Top 5 of 1955 | 2015 | Ranked | #5 |