
Clue of the Twisted Candle
Crime
Overview
A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.
Top Cast


Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
Superintendent Meredith
Bernard Lee
Superintendent Meredith


David Knight
David Knight
Lexman
David Knight
Lexman


Francis de Wolff
Francis de Wolff
Ramon Karadis
Francis de Wolff
Ramon Karadis
Colette Wilde
Colette Wilde
Grace
Colette Wilde
Grace
Christine Shaw
Christine Shaw
Linda Buckland
Christine Shaw
Linda Buckland
Stanley Morgan
Stanley Morgan
Sergeant Anson
Stanley Morgan
Sergeant Anson
A.J. Brown
A.J. Brown
Commissioner of Police
A.J. Brown
Commissioner of Police


Richard Caldicot
Richard Caldicot
Fisher
Richard Caldicot
Fisher
Edmond Bennett
Edmond Bennett
Manservant
Edmond Bennett
Manservant
Simon Lack
Simon Lack
Jock
Simon Lack
Jock
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