The Lamp in Assassin Mews

1962 British film by Godfrey Grayson

Francis Matthews
Lisa Daniely
Ian Fleming
Amy Dalby

CinematographyLionel BanesEdited byJohn DunsfordMusic byBill LeSage

Production
company

Danziger Productions

Distributed byUnited Artists

Release date

1962 (1962)

Running time

65 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Lamp in Assassin Mews is a 1962 'B'^[1] British comedy crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Francis Matthews, Lisa Daniely and Ian Fleming.^[2]^[3]

The film's plot concerns a local council's plans to gentrify an area, which are disrupted by a series of murders.^[4]

Plot

Modernising councillor Jack Norton becomes the target of a couple of elderly serial killers when he plans to remove a gas lamp outside their home.

Cast

Francis Matthews as Jack Norton
Lisa Daniely as Mary Clarke
Ian Fleming as Albert Potts
Amy Dalby as Victoria Potts
Ann Sears as Ruth
Anne Lawson [fr] as Ella
Derek Tansley as Jarvis
John Lewis as Harpingdon
Ann Lancaster as Mrs Dowling
Colin Tapley as Inspector
Douglas Ives as Gault
Dorothea Phillips as Mrs Burke

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A curious blend of romance and comedy tinged with drama, the story is puerile, and many might feel that the murderous old pair, likeable though they may be, are not at all funny. Undeniably this sort of macabre comedy has been done successfully before, but here it does not come off. The musical score makes extensive use of a motif which appeared briefly in Three Spare Wives [1962]."^[5]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 January 2009.
^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". britmovie.co.uk.
^ "The Lamp in Assassin Mews". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 140. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.