A Tomb with a View
A Tomb with a View is a 1951 British television play set in Monte Carlo.
It was based on a 1950 novel by Lance Sieveking, who also wrote and directed the television version.
Cast
- Jean Anderson as Miss Heron
- Elwyn Brook-Jones as Walter Cream
- Robert Brown as Alec Lanch
- Diane Cilento as Amy Heron
- Selma Vaz Dias as Irma Fornas-Mertz
- Richard Goolden as Ex-Insp. Renishaw CID
- Katie Johnson as Mrs. Heron
- Mary Merrall as Zoe Ballantyne
Reception
The Evening Sentinel thought the author "tried to do too much."The Birmingham Mail felt the handling of the first half was "bewildering... it was impossible to realise what it was about."
The Manchester Evening News called it "a resounding failure".