I Killed the Count (film)

I Killed the Count
File:I Killed the Count (1939 film).jpg Spanish poster
Directed by	Frederic Zelnik
Produced by	Isadore Goldsmith
Written by	Lawrence Huntington
Based on	I Killed the Count by Alec Coppel
Starring	Ben Lyon Syd Walker Terence de Marney
Music by	Hans May
Cinematography	Bryan Langley
Production company	Grafton Films
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures Monogram Pictures (US)
Release dates	6 May 1939
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

I Killed the Count is a 1939 British mystery film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Ben Lyon, Syd Walker, Terence de Marney. It was shot at Highbury Studios.

Synopsis

Cockney comedian Syd Walker plays it more or less straight as Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Davidson, at present trying to determine who murdered the much-hated Count Mattoni (Leslie Perrins). The dilemma isn't that the Detective is suffering from a lack of witnesses. In fact, four different people come forth to confess to the killing – each of them with plenty of motive and opportunity.

Cast

• Ben Lyon as Bernard Froy
• Syd Walker as Detective Inspector Davidson
• Terence De Marney as Detective Sergeant Raines
• Barbara Blair as Renée la Lune
• Athole Stewart as Lord Sorrington
• Antoinette Cellier as Louise Rogers
• Leslie Perrins as Count Mattoni
• David Burns as Diamond
• Ronald Shiner as Mullet
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Johnson
• Kathleen Harrison as Polly
• Gus McNaughton as Martin

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• I Killed the Count at IMDb