Who Was Maddox?

Who Was Maddox? is a 1964 British film directed by Geoffrey Nethercott and starring Bernard Lee, Jack Watling and Suzanne Lloyd. Part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on a story by Wallace.

Plot

Jack Heath is a successful director of a publishing company. After a jewel robbery at his home, he is arrested by Superintendent Meredith for the murder of the company's chairman, Alec Campbell. Meredith is not convinced of his guilt and is willing to believe that Heath is being framed. When Meredith questions Heath's wife Suzanne, she admits that the robbery was faked, and that she is being blackmailed by a man called Maddox. Meredith releases Jack, and pursues Maddox.

Cast

Bernard Lee as Supt. Meredith
Jack Watling as Jack Heath
Suzanne Lloyd as Diane Heath
Finlay Currie as Alec Campbell
Richard Gale as Maddox
James Bree as Reynolds
Dora Reisser as Anne Wilding
Ivor Salter as Mr. White
Christa Bergmann as Gretta
Billy Milton as Chandler
Lawrence Davidson as Warburton
Dallas Cavell as Porter
Daphne Goddard as Mrs. Lever
Michael Stainton as Sgt. Landis

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Following the customary penny-plain but concise style of the Edgar Wallace series, this emerges as one of the best of these films, thanks to a clever and quite gripping story which never loses its momentum. Bernard Lee has an easy, convincing manner and seems happily cast as the Superintendent, and the other members of the cast are never less than adequate."