Who Was Maddox? (also known as Undisclosed Client) is a 1964 British film directed by Geoffrey Nethercott and starring Bernard Lee, Jack Watling and Suzanne Lloyd.[1] Part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on a story by Wallace.
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| Directed by | Geoffrey Nethercott |
| Screenplay by | Roger Marshall |
| Based on | a story by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
| Starring | Bernard Lee Jack Watling Suzanne Lloyd |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Derek Holding |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editJack Heath is a successful director of a publishing company. After a jewel robbery at his home, he is arrested by Superintendent Meredith for the murder of the company's chairman, Alec Campbell. Meredith is not convinced of his guilt and is willing to believe that Heath is being framed. When Meredith questions Heath's wife Suzanne, she admits that the robbery was faked, and that she is being blackmailed by a man called Maddox. Meredith releases Jack, and pursues Maddox.
Cast
edit- Bernard Lee as Supt. Meredith
- Jack Watling as Jack Heath
- Suzanne Lloyd as Diane Heath
- Finlay Currie as Alec Campbell
- Richard Gale as Maddox
- James Bree as Reynolds
- Dora Reisser as Anne Wilding
- Ivor Salter as Mr. White
- Christa Bergmann as Gretta
- Billy Milton as Chandler
- Lawrence Davidson as Warburton
- Dallas Cavell as Porter
- Daphne Goddard as Mrs. Lever
- Michael Stainton as Sgt. Landis
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Following the customary penny-plain but concise style of the Edgar Wallace series, this emerges as one of the best of these films, thanks to a clever and quite gripping story which never loses its momentum. Bernard Lee has an easy, convincing manner and seems happily cast as the Superintendent, and the other members of the cast are never less than adequate."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Who Was Maddox?". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Who Was Maddox?". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 31 (360): 124. 1 January 1964. ProQuest 1305832617 – via ProQuest.