Mystery at the Burlesque (1949)
Directed by Val Guest
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The tantalizingly titled Mystery at the Burlesque was originally released in England as Murder at the Windmill. It must be explained that, for many years, London's Windmill Theatre was famous for its scantily clad chorus girls and potty-mouthed comedians. Filmed on location at the Windmill, the story gets under way when a corpse is found in the last row of the theater. To reconstruct the crime, the detective inspector (Garry Marsh) insists that the Windmill troupe repeat the same show they'd performed on the night of the murder. The film's high or low point (depending on one's own tastes) occurs when one of the seedy Windmill comedians performs his magnificently unfunny monologue before an audience of one. Featured in the cast as Marsh's assistant is future "Dr. Who" Jon Pertwee.
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audience, burlesque, dance [art], detective, front-line, handyman, identity, investigation, investigator, killing, murder, performer, play [recreation], private-detective, show, sidekick, solution, songwriter, stage, weapons
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