The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson
The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson is a 1947 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond and Frank Hawkins. It was written by Francis Miller and Mitchell. The plot concerns a valuable inheritance, murder, confusions of identity, and a mysterious crime boss.
Synopsis
A solicitor's secretary is taking a will to a client to be altered. Nearing the address, she bumps into a stranger and after finds a body lying murdered. The police find a note pinned to the dead man signed by a "V.L.S.". Mr Nicholson is approached by the police and he takes up the case.Cast
- Anthony Hulme as Nicholson / Raeburn
- Lesley Osmond as Peggy Dundas
- Frank Hawkins as Inspector Morley
- Andrew Laurence as Waring
- Douglas Stewart as Seymour
- George Bishop as Mr Browne
- Josie Bradley as Freda
- Ivy Collins as Mrs Barnes
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a confused and rather dull thriller badly knit together. The acting is amateurish in the extreme, and the continuity is poor."Kine Weekly wrote: "Its plot, which hinges on the hero's striking resemblance to a crook, is unabashed 'penny dreadful, but the leading players are reasonably convincing and the direction is not lacking in resource."
Picturegoer wrote: "The story is embellished with a music hall sequence, and songs, and has a certain rough robustness which makes for quite acceptable entertainment."