Clue of the Twisted Candle

1960 film

Clue of the Twisted Candle

Directed by

Allan Davis

Written by

Philip Mackie

Based on

The Clue of the Twisted Candle
by Edgar Wallace

Produced by

Jack Greenwood
Jim O\'Connolly

Starring

Bernard LeeDavid KnightFrancis De Wolff

Cinematography

Brian Rhodes

Edited by

Bernard Gribble

Music by

Francis Chagrin

Production
company

Merton Park Studios

Distributed by

Anglo-Amalgamated

Release date

September 1960

Running time

61 minutes

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Clue of the Twisted Candle is a 1960 British crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Bernard Lee, David Knight and Francis De Wolff. Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on the 1918 novel The Clue of the Twisted Candle.

Cast

Bernard Lee as Superintendent Meredith
David Knight as Lexman
Francis De Wolff as Ramon Karadis
Colette Wilde as Grace
Christine Shaw as Linda Buckland
Stanley Morgan as Sergeant Anson
A. J. Brown as Commissioner of Police
Richard Caldicot as Fisher
Edmond Bennett as Manservant
Simon Lack as Jock
Anthony Baird as Sergeant Butterfield
Gladys Henson as Landlady
Alfred Maron as Finch
Richard Vernon as Viney
Harry Locke as Amis
Roy Purcell as Brennan
Kenneth Fortescue as Secretary, C.I.D.
Hazel Hughes as Miss Cunningham

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