A very good performance by John Mills in an old-fashioned whodunit .As he was seriously injured in an accident , he has become a brittle vulnerable man .So when a murder is committed near the boarding-house where he lives ,it's only natural he is the main suspect.
As the spiteful old spinsters in the place are not Miss Marple ,and Hercule Poirot is not at hand ,the suspect has to lead his own investigation .The whodunit is by no means as strong as Mrs Christie's and the truth is revealed at least twenty minutes before the end,but interest and suspense are sustained throughout .
As the spiteful old spinsters in the place are not Miss Marple ,and Hercule Poirot is not at hand ,the suspect has to lead his own investigation .The whodunit is by no means as strong as Mrs Christie's and the truth is revealed at least twenty minutes before the end,but interest and suspense are sustained throughout .