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The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.

Top Cast

  • Robert Beatty

    Robert Beatty

    Bob Beacham

  • Rona Anderson

    Rona Anderson

    Mary Game

  • Clifford Evans

    Clifford Evans

    Tom Harmon

  • Edward Lexy

    Edward Lexy

    Det. Insp. Charlton

  • Olga Lindo

    Olga Lindo

    Olive Tavy

  • Daphne Padel

    Daphne Padel

    Self - The Twenty Questions Team

  • Jeanne De Casalis

    Jeanne De Casalis

    Self - The Twenty Questions Team guest artiste

  • Jack Train

    Jack Train

    Self - The Twenty Questions Team

  • Stewart MacPherson

    Stewart MacPherson

    Self - The Twenty Questions Team

Overview

The story evolves around a radio panel game show "Twenty Questions." The panel is challenged with an anonymous question. The answer leads to a series of murders in which the killer uses the programme to name his victims in advance. Two reporters spot a link between them and enlist the aid of the panel in trapping the guilty party.

Rating

6.0 / 10
7 Reviews
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2 Reviews

  • dennyjt
    dennyjt
    3 Jul 25, 2022

    A strange attempt to make a movie attraction based on a staid BBC radio panel show. The regulars of the show appear as themselves, very stiffly. A listener sends in questions to be answered on the show, committing a murder to match each of his suggestions. Tough reporter Beatty and cute Anderson try to catch him. The mystery is less interesting than seeing the recreation showing how quiz shows were recorded.

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Dec 28, 2022

    I really quite enjoyed this rather quirky crime thriller. It starts off with the most spurious of clues - a man writes into the famous BBC radio panel game "20 Questions" with a puzzle for them all. The answer turns out to be incredibly similar to the circumstances of a murder the next day... When this happens again, two sparring reporters get down to investigating what's going on. Robert Beattty and Rona Anderson blend their gentle journalistic competitiveness (and a gently burgeoning romance) well, and alongside Edward Lexy as the pursuing policeman ("Insp. Charlton") and the real quiz panel - including legendary British broadcasters Richard Dimbleby and Jack Train - help to keep the mystery rolling along nicely. It's just a bit too long, I felt - the story does start to recycle itself a bit and there is a great deal of dialogue, but it is still an intriguing enough watch as the brains start to piece together this complex series of evidence threads that keeps us guessing right to the end. A couple of nice cameos from Kynaston Reeves and Liam Redmond help out well, too.

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