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Five Angles on Murder

Original title: The Woman in Question
  • 19501950
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
811
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POPULARITY
122,196
35,764
Five Angles on Murder (1950)
CrimeDramaMystery
A woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.A woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.A woman is murdered, but she is seen in different ways by different people.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
811
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
122,196
35,764
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writer
      • John Cresswell(original story and screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jean Kent(voice)
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • John McCallum
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writer
      • John Cresswell(original story and screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Jean Kent(voice)
      • Dirk Bogarde
      • John McCallum
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 21User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Jean Kent and Susan Shaw in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Jean Kent in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Jean Kent in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Jean Kent in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Dirk Bogarde in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Dirk Bogarde and Jean Kent in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Susan Shaw in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Susan Shaw in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Charles Victor in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Hermione Baddeley in Five Angles on Murder (1950)
    Duncan Macrae in Five Angles on Murder (1950)

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    Jean Kent
    Jean Kent
    • Agnes
    • (voice)
    • …
    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • R.W. (Bob) Baker
    John McCallum
    John McCallum
    • Michael Murray
    Susan Shaw
    Susan Shaw
    • Catherine Taylor
    Hermione Baddeley
    Hermione Baddeley
    • Mrs. Finch
    Charles Victor
    Charles Victor
    • Albert Pollard
    Duncan Macrae
    Duncan Macrae
    • Supt. Lodge
    Lana Morris
    Lana Morris
    • Lana Clark
    Joe Linnane
    • Inspector Butler
    Vida Hope
    • Shirley Jones
    John Boxer
    • Detective Lucas
    • (uncredited)
    Albert Chevalier
    • W.T. Gunter
    • (uncredited)
    Julian D'Albie
    • Police Surgeon
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony Dawson
    Anthony Dawson
    • Inspector Wilson
    • (uncredited)
    Richard Dunn
    • Police Sergeant
    • (uncredited)
    Ian Fleming
    Ian Fleming
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    Nora Gordon
    • Neighbour
    • (uncredited)
    Helen Goss
    Helen Goss
    • Neighbour
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Anthony Asquith
    • Writer
      • John Cresswell(original story and screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Inside joke: When the Police Inspectors are searching the flat at the beginning, they come across some photographs of the dead woman's boyfriends. One comments to the other that they might recognize some of these men from their own rogues' gallery. He pauses, examines one and says knowingly, "John Mills!" Obviously a tongue-in-cheek reference to a certain fellow actor.
    • Goofs
      The dialogue suggests that the film is set in a coastal resort near Southampton. But the map on the wall of the police station appears to show the Eastbourne area, some eighty miles to the east.
    • Quotes

      Agnes: You were right Mrs Finch - he has a one-track mind.

      Mrs. Finch: Yes, and it's a dirt track.

    User reviews21

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    Top review
    7/10
    Who was Astra?
    When a fortune teller named Astra (Jean Kent) is found murdered, the police investigate and hear several versions of the kind of woman she was in "The Woman in Question," a 1950 British film directed by Anthony Asquith. Besides Kent, the film features the excellent Hermoine Baddeley and Dirk Bogarde, still in the early part of his career.

    The police are given five women and therefore, five different stories. To her neighbor Mrs. Finch (Baddeley), Astra was pure class, gracious and sophisticated with questionable taste in men. To Pollard, the owner of the pet store who was crazy about her, she was pretty, quiet, and sweet (though the audience can see how manipulative she is); to Baker (Bogarde) who wants to do a nightclub act with her, she is a tart; to her sister, she's a slovenly drunk.Finally, from a violent sailor, Mike Murray, she's a faithless woman who cheats on him while he's away. We do learn that Astra's husband is in a hospital, badly injured in the war and not expected to live, yet she doesn't visit him. She also lets Pollard do things for her for free and must realize he has a crush on her.

    All in all, an interesting and sometimes funny film. Kent is excellent in all of Astra's manifestations, and, since I am a Dirk Bogarde fan, I loved seeing him and hearing him with an American accent (which he actually did pretty well with). Baddeley, always excellent, is a riot.

    "Five Angles on Murder" or "The Woman in Question" is not the most exciting film you'll ever see, and like a lot of British films, it's a bit slow in the beginning, but it's enjoyable.
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    • Release date
      • February 18, 1952 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Woman in Question
    • Filming locations
      • Bognor Regis, West Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Javelin Films
      • Vic Films Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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