Wednesday, November 13, 2019

The 20 Questions Murder Mystery (1950)

An interesting premise for a murder mystery. The BBC radio show Twenty Questions is receiving anonymous clues the panel has to guess. Afterwards strange murders take place...

When the show, which includes the real stars of the show at the time including Richard Dimbleby playing themselves, starts receiving these mysterious clues Bob (Robert Beatty), a reporter, thinks from the start there is something suspicious going on. He thinks they are linked to some motiveless murders. His newspaper is sceptical though as are the police (Edward Lexy). However rival journalist Mary (Rona Anderson) also thinks something is up and soon faces danger herself...

Sometimes the film is a bit slow and the tone is curiously light at times but a very reasonable crime drama with a nice twist at the end.