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A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
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- Thought-provoking
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Cast
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Laurence PayneNorman Martell
Patricia DaintonHelen Martell
Jane GriffithsPeggy Hill
Edward UnderdownDr. Peter Murdoch
John ArnattSupt. Ross
Humphrey LestocqSimmons, the Producer
Lucy GriffithsMiss Potter
Arthur HewlettMarshall
Annette KerrCinema cashier
Cleo LaineCleo
Dudley MooreRehearsal Pianist (Uncredited)
Max FaulknerDet. Sgt. Fred Smith (uncredited)
Pat RyanDetective Examining Tape-Recorder (uncredited)
Stuart SaundersCinema manager (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Montgomery Tully
- Written by
- Maurice J. Wilson, Montgomery Tully
- Produced by
- Maurice J. Wilson
- Music by
- Philip Martell, Don Banks
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Facts
March 15, 1961 · 1 h 8 min · Violence
- Released
- March 15, 1961
- Runtime
- 1 h 8 min
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 131 countries
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Is The Third Alibi worth watching?
68
GoodGoodWatch scoreMostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68 (IMDb 7).
Will I feel good after watching The Third Alibi?
BleakHopeful
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 7 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.

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