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I Killed the Count is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Friedrich Zelnik with Ben Lyon
I Killed the Count (1939)
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Add to a movie listI Killed the Count is a 1937 play by Alec Coppel. Its success launched Coppel's career.
The play was produced on Broadway in 1942.
Synopsis
Cockney comedian Syd Walker plays it more or less straight as Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson, at present trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Mattoni (Leslie Perrins). The dilemma isn't that the Detective is suffering from a lack of witnesses. In fact, four different people come forth to confess to the killing – each of them with plenty of motive and opportunity.Actors
Ben Lyon
(Bernard Froy)
Terence De Marney
(Det. Sgt. Raines)
Athole Stewart
(Lord Sorrington)
Barbara Blair
(Renée la Lune)
Antoinette Cellier
(Louise Rogers)
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