Thursday, September 10, 2020

Who Killed the Cat? (1966)

A rather slow moving but enjoyable crime drama. After the death of her husband scheming widow Eleanor (Vanda Godsell) takes control of the house and decides it is time she made her three elderly renters (Mary Merrell, Ellen Pollock and Amy Dalby) pay more money in rent than they can afford, she also wants her step-daughter Mary (Natasha Pyne) to leave school and earn her keep...

Eleanor is rather vile, spreading poison about Mary's boyfriend. Poison of another kind of spread when Mrs Goldworthy's cat is found dead...

The film does not have a lot of action or suspense but is a rather interesting period piece. Although made in the 1960s it feels like it is set decades before. It plays out like a Golden Age murder mystery and is very entertaining if you like that sort of thing.