Mystery Junction

1951
1h 5m

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5.7/10

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Barbara Murray and Sydney Tafler in Mystery Junction (1951)

Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered.

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Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full st... Read allLarry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered.Larry Gordon, well-known crime writer, is on a train journey when a scream is heard. Upon investigation, the guard had been mugged and a man murdered. Another man is arrested but the full story is yet to be discovered.

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487

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This film was first shown on television in New York City Saturday 13 September 1952 on WCBS (Channel 2) and in Los Angeles Sunday 4 April 1953 on KECA (Channel 7). Since it was never released theatrically in USA, the New York City telecast also constitutes its USA premiere.

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When the suspect is handcuffed to the parking brake handle and then released to be handcuffed to another man, behind on the wall can be seen a pressure gauge for the train's braking system. Both needles (one for the main train pipe and the other for the brake reservoir) are shown pointing at zero. This could not happen on a fast moving express passenger train. It would be impossible! If there's zero pressure in the system it would mean the train's brakes would not function! It would mean the carriage they are all in or its braking system isn't connected to the rest of the train or the train driver's brake brake control handle.

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The End appears on the window blind that the old lady in the railway carriage pulls down.

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6/10

A Handsome B Mystery

Mystery writer Sidney Taffler is speaking to Christine Silver as they travel on the train, about how he writes his stories. Suddenly a scream is heard. They investigate and discover one of the crew has been knocked out and his uniform stolen. There's also a detective transporting Martin Benson to his trial. To investigate, most of the passengers are taken to a station. As they wait, a storm rises outside. A shot rings out, and the detective is killed. Half the passengers are members of Benson's gang. They prepare to leave, but Taffer points out that no one admits to killing the detective. The target was Benson. They start to work out who wants him dead.

It's a nicely composed classical locked-room mystery, decently acted, and brilliantly shot by DP Robert LaPresle, with carefully composed side-lighting to make the setting dark and oppressive, gradually giving away to brighter lighting as suspects are eliminated -- sometimes by shooting. It's good, sturdy B Movie work, composed for economy on two sets, with competent but inexpensive actors.