Dead by Morning

1955

Action / Comedy / Crime / Romance

7
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 217 217

Plot summary

Crime writer Andrew Dax and his gorgeous wife Kate go on holiday to a country cottage, where they receive an unexpected visitor, the bossy Miss Tulip, who needs shelter for the night. In the morning, there's a dead body in the house.

Director

Leslie Arliss Photo
Leslie Arliss

Top cast

Jack Hulbert Photo
Jack Hulbert as P.C. Feathers
George Roderick Photo
George Roderick as Sergeant Akers
Brian Oulton Photo
Brian Oulton as Doctor Willis
Diana Dors Photo
Diana Dors as Kate Dax
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627.77 MB
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1 hr 8 min
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1 hr 8 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by teachermarkthailand 6 / 10

Diana Dors looks her very best.

"You go back to sleep and choke me off in the morning!" That line early on in this awful film made me laugh out loud.Diana Dors looks lovely in this, although she's the only draw.Other reviews are spot on about this. The comedy is two decades past its sell by date. The mystery comes across as more Enid Blyton than Agatha Christie.Some staples of forties British cinema are wheeled in to provide light relief, but do no more than add a cringe aspect for the viewer.All that said, I still enjoyed this restored uncut gem.Despite the terrible editing, uninspired screenplay, the awkward pacing and the silly characters, there's still enough nostalgic value remaining to entertain us old folk... and of course... Diana Dors!
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 6 / 10

Miss Tulip Stays the Night

Patrick Holt is "Dax", a successful crime writer who is suffering from a bit of a mental block. His wife "Kate" (Diana Dors) suggest they take a break in the country where they encounter the eponymous "Miss Tulip" (Cicely Courtneidge) - but not for long. On coming down in the morning, they discover the French windows open and their guest shot dead. The police arrive and under the investigative gaze of "Insp. Thorne" (Joss Ambler) the game is afoot. Dors was always a very light-weight actress and offers little of substance here, but at times there is a bit of fun tit-for-tat dialogue between the policeman and the novelist to keep this otherwise entirely forgettable comedy off the rocks. The ending is not quite the stuff of Agatha Christie but it's a little bit quirky and all-in-all this is actually quite a passable, low-budget, hour or so of bucolic sleuthing.
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