Clue of the New Pin

Feb 1, 1961

0h 58m

★ 6.5

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Overview

TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

Merton Park Studios

Clue of the New Pin Trailers

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Cast

Rex Lander

Paul Daneman

Superintendent Carver

Bernard Archard

Tab Holland

James Villiers

Jane Ardfern

Katherine Woodville

Ramsey Brown

Clive Morton

Yeh Ling

Wolfe Morris

John Trasmere

David Horne

Waitress

Julie Shearing

Sergeant Harris

Leslie Sands

Mrs. Rushby

Ruth Kettlewell

Barmaid

Maudie Edwards

Head Waiter

Alex Gallier

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