Directed by:
John GuillerminCinematography:
Basil EmmottComposer:
Tristram CaryCast:
John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton, Geoffrey Keen, Harry Fowler, Raymond Huntley, Maureen Connell, Dandy Nichols (more)Plots(1)
Investigating the murder of a young woman in a small English town, a brusque Superintendent (John Mills) discovers that virtually everybody he encounters has something to hide. Setting the template for British crime thrillers for decades to come, director John Guillermin’s audacious, often salacious, drama is untypical of mainstream British cinema of its time, and can be seen as both a direct antecedent of the Italian giallo and a blueprint for David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Town on Trial is a rare treat which is ripe for rediscovery. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
John Mills
UK
Charles Coburn
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Kings Row (1942)
Barbara Bates
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Alec McCowen
UK
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959)
The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Fay Compton
UK
Best movies:
Othello (1952)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Geoffrey Keen
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Born Free (1966)
The 3rd Man (1949)
Harry Fowler
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Angels One Five (1952)
Raymond Huntley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Breathless (1960)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Maureen Connell
Kenya
Best movies:
Never Let Go (1960)
Skyjacked (1972)
The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas (1957)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
Grace Arnold
UK
Best movies:
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Passport to Pimlico (1949)
Went the Day Well? (1942)
Meredith Edwards
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Cruel Sea (1953)
Derek Farr
UK
Best movies:
The Dam Busters (1955)
Young Wives' Tale (1951)
Doctor at Large (1957)
Jack Sharp
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Night Creatures (1962)
Newton Blick
UK
Best movies:
Anastasia (1956)
Term of Trial (1962)
Lord Jim (1965)
Frank Sieman
UK
Best movies:
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
The Mummy (1959)
Heavens Above! (1963)
Totti Truman Taylor
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Press for Time (1966)
The Wrong Box (1966)
Margaretta Scott
UK
Best movies:
The Moth (1997) (TV movie)
Things to Come (1936)
Percy (1971)
Harry Locke
UK
Best movies:
The Early Bird (1965)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Hal Osmond
UK
Best movies:
Man with a Million (1954)
A Night to Remember (1958)
The Magic Box (1951)