The 20 Questions Murder Mystery

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Rona Anderson and Robert Beatty in The 20 Questions Murder Mystery (1950)

BBC Radio's 20 Questions receives anonymous clues that connect to a series of murders. Reporters try and break the code before more deaths come to pass.BBC Radio's 20 Questions receives anonymous clues that connect to a series of murders. Reporters try and break the code before more deaths come to pass.BBC Radio's 20 Questions receives anonymous clues that connect to a series of murders. Reporters try and break the code before more deaths come to pass.

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- Paul L. Stein
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Shot in three weeks.

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The murderer is able to successfully strangle his victims in a couple of seconds: the evidence suggests that in reality it takes longer than that.

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Mohammed Ali: He was English, and to an Indian all are alike. They are big, their faces are red, and they smell of whisky.

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Opening credits: All characters appearing in this film are entirely fictitious and are not intended to represent or portray any person whether living or dead, except the "Twenty Questions Team" who appear in person.

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References Hamlet (1948)

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The 20 Questions Murder Mystery

I really quite enjoyed this rather quirky crime thriller. It starts off with the most spurious of clues - a man writes into the famous BBC radio panel game "20 Questions" with a puzzle for them all. The answer turns out to be incredibly similar to the circumstances of a murder the next day... When this happens again, two sparring reporters get down to investigating what's going on. Robert Beattty and Rona Anderson blend their gentle journalistic competitiveness (and a gently burgeoning romance) well, and alongside Edward Lexy as the pursuing policeman ("Insp. Charlton") and the real quiz panel - including legendary British broadcasters Richard Dimbleby and Jack Train - help to keep the mystery rolling along nicely. It's just a bit too long, I felt - the story does start to recycle itself a bit and there is a great deal of dialogue, but it is still an intriguing enough watch as the brains start to piece together this complex series of evidence threads that keeps us guessing right to the end. A couple of nice cameos from Kynaston Reeves and Liam Redmond help out well, too.