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A Time To Kill Peter (John Horseley, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin), chemist and philanderer realises that the drinks of himself and his mistress, Madeline have been poisoned. He phones Dr Cole but Madeline dies. The Doctor s wife tells a reporter that Madeline and a mystery man were blackmailers. When Mrs Cole is brutally murdered and Peter is the chief suspect, Peter s snubbed fiancée takes up the case.... The Impersonator In an effort to improve relations between a US airbase and the sleepy local English village it borders airman Sergeant Bradford (John Crawford) is tasked with organising a school trip to see the pantomime Mother Goose. Meanwhile a prowling killer is on the loose and after a night out with the victim the finger of suspicion points to Bradford....
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I had seen "The Impersonator" on TV some years ago and it left an impression for 2 reasons, the pantomime "Mother Goose" and the excellent acting of youngster John Dare as Tommy Lloyd whose mother played by Patricia Burke is killed by the sinister Harry Walker played by John Salew. John Crawford & Jane Griffiths are both well cast and the overall atmosphere is creepy and suspenseful.
A Time to Kill is a moderate effort and typical of many mid 1950s productions. The big plus will be the number of well known faces and it is yet another film made at Nettlefold Studios.
Both films have good picture and sound and the liner notes are interesting if not totally accurate. Overall a very good release from Odeon Entertainment.
A Time to Kill is a moderate effort and typical of many mid 1950s productions. The big plus will be the number of well known faces and it is yet another film made at Nettlefold Studios.
Both films have good picture and sound and the liner notes are interesting if not totally accurate. Overall a very good release from Odeon Entertainment.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I heard about "The Impersonator" through the Anchor Bay dvd boxset of Pete Walker's films. Walker cited the film, directed by Alfred Shaughnessy, writer of Walker's "The Flesh & Blood Show", as an influence on him...a film that stayed with him & informed his films.
Like "A Time To Kill", "The Impersonator" is a routine quota quickie of little importance. It boasts the photography of John Coquillon, who went on to work with Sam Peckinpah, but little else.
What is just a little disturbing about the film is a bizarre coincidence...51 minutes into the film, a poster advertising the pantomime "Mother Goose" shown in the film is seen...two names are clearly visible, one is "Pete", the other is "Walker". I kid you not.
Like "A Time To Kill", "The Impersonator" is a routine quota quickie of little importance. It boasts the photography of John Coquillon, who went on to work with Sam Peckinpah, but little else.
What is just a little disturbing about the film is a bizarre coincidence...51 minutes into the film, a poster advertising the pantomime "Mother Goose" shown in the film is seen...two names are clearly visible, one is "Pete", the other is "Walker". I kid you not.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By C. Atherton
Despite its low production values, The Impersonator is excellent. It was highly popular at the time of release and deserves to be more widely known. The plot hinges on the sort of lady-killer every lady can do without, whose identity we may guess fairly early on, but who in the film is unmasked, in the most satisfying way, only very late in the proceedings. The background is set by the rather uneasy relations between local residents and a US army base, and the central couple, one half of which is the handsome John Crawford, embody both the tension and its eventual resolution. A small boy who plays an important part in the plot can actually act and is mercifully free of Hollywood cuteness and precocity. The Impersonator comes with an informative little booklet in which it is compared favourably with the major film it accompanied on its first release--that turkey of turkeys, Cleopatra. And it's wonderful to see some old-fashioned panto in a movie.
A Time To Kill is less successful but has a very neat and engaging plot. We didn't guess the killer until the final chase was about to begin, and weren't sure even then. The chief suspect's jilted fiancée, who rapidly becomes unjilted, is a very attractive character; it's most satisfying in a film of this date when a woman is allowed to be active and intelligent in defence of her man. John Le Mesurier turns up in a very unusual role, cutting a sad and lonely figure.
A Time To Kill is less successful but has a very neat and engaging plot. We didn't guess the killer until the final chase was about to begin, and weren't sure even then. The chief suspect's jilted fiancée, who rapidly becomes unjilted, is a very attractive character; it's most satisfying in a film of this date when a woman is allowed to be active and intelligent in defence of her man. John Le Mesurier turns up in a very unusual role, cutting a sad and lonely figure.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Best of British? 1 out of 2 ain't bad
A good price, two films, a surprisingly detailed booklet, good sound and picture, and 1 good film. "The Impersonator" has that strange quality not often found in Br "B"... Read more
Published 23 months ago by A. W. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars
A cup of tea and a suggestive biscuit...
Alfred Shaughnessy's The Impersonator (1961) is one of those thought-forgotten little films that has seen its profile rise in the last few years, in this case because horror film... Read more
Published on 23 April 2011 by Matthew Mercy
4.0 out of 5 stars
A couple of entertaining B-movies
This B-movie double bill opens with "The Impersonator", a crime drama starring American actor John Crawford, who here plays Sgt Bradford, an airman stationed at a US base which... Read more
Published on 2 April 2011 by Alan James "Maebuschfan"
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