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A Tomb with a View

1951 British TV series or programme From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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A Tomb with a View is a 1951 British television play set in Monte Carlo.

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It was based on a 1950 novel by Lance Sieveking, who also wrote and directed the television version.[1][2]

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Cast

  • Jean Anderson as Miss Heron
  • Elwyn Brook-Jones as Walter Cream
  • Robert Brown as Alec Lanch
  • Diane Cilento as Amy Heron
  • Selma Vaz Dias as Irma Fornas-Mertz
  • Richard Goolden as Ex-Insp. Renishaw CID
  • Katie Johnson as Mrs. Heron
  • Mary Merrall as Zoe Ballantyne

Reception

The Evening Sentinel thought the author "tried to do too much."[3]

The Birmingham Mail felt the handling of the first half was "bewildering... it was impossible to realise what it was about."[4]

The Manchester Evening News called it "a resounding failure".[5]

References

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