The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
"THE PAY-OFF WAS MURDER!"
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
Top Cast
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William Henry
Steve Morgan
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Linda Stirling
Janet Spencer
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Virginia Christine
Lola Carson
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Thomas E. Jackson
Police Lt. Milo Jones
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Barbara Woodell
Rita Armstrong
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Kenne Duncan
Sam Priestly
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Virginia Brissac
Martha, the Housekeeper
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Lyle Latell
Peter Musso, Henchman
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Ernie Adams
Frank Gary, Henchman
Overview
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
Rating
4.4
/ 10
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1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf5 Feb 12, 2023"Janet" (Linda Stirling) gets a puncture and seeks the assistance of "Armstrong" (Tristram Coffin) incurring the chagrin of that man's rather jealous wife "Rita" (Barbara Wooddell). To make matters worse, she now drives off in the wife's car only to collide with another car and then find herself embroiled in a previous, and fatal, hit-and-run with the partner of the husband of the wife of the car she is driving. Still with me? Now she engages the help of PI "Morgan" (William Henry) to try to get to the bottom of an internecine mystery that involves fraud, insurance and mysterious women. It packs quite a lot of plot into an hour, but the acting and the dialogue is banal at best with very basic production values that smack more of television than cinema. It probably looked OK at a drive-in when the audience maybe had better things to do, and it really is pretty instantly forgettable fayre.
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