Take My Life (1948)
Cinematographer Ronald Neame made his directorial debut with the 1947 murder melodrama Take My Life. When a Covent Garden violinist is found murdered, her ex-lover, show business manager Nicholas Talbot (Hugh Williams) finds himself under suspicion. The only person who believes that Talbot is innocent is his wife, opera diva Phillipa Shelley (Greta Gynt). Unable to convince the authorities, Phillipa plays detective herself, utilizing a snatch of a newly written song as her main clue to the true killer's identity. If the mysterious murderer isn't all that mysterious to the audience, it is only because the actor in question had played too many similar roles in the past. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ronald Neame
Synopsis of Take My Life
Cinematographer Ronald Neame made his directorial debut with the 1947 murder melodrama Take My Life. When a Covent Garden violinist is found murdered, her ex-lover, show business manager Nicholas Talbot (Hugh Williams) finds himself under suspicion. The only person who believes that Talbot is innocent is his wife, opera diva Phillipa Shelley (Greta Gynt). Unable to convince the authorities, Phillipa plays detective herself, utilizing a snatch of a newly written song as her main clue to the true killer's identity. If the mysterious murderer isn't all that mysterious to the audience, it is only because the actor in question had played too many similar roles in the past. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Take My Life
- Hugh Williams - Nicholas Talbot
- Marius Goring - Sidney Flemming
- Henry Edwards - Inspector Archer
- Marjorie Mars - Mrs. Newcombe
- Leo Britt - John Newcombe
- Ronald Adam - Deaf Man
- Leo Bieber - Conductor
- Greta Gynt - Philippa Bentley
- Francis L. Sullivan - Prosecuting Counsel
- Rosalie Crutchley - Elizabeth Rusman
- Maurice Denham - Defending Counsel
- David Wallbridge - Leslie Newcombe
- Herbert C. Walton - Mike Grieve
- Henry Morrell - Judge
- Director(s):
- Ronald Neame
- Writer(s):
- Winston Graham, Margaret Kennedy, Valerie Taylor
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Havelock-Allan
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