The Straw Man (1953)
Directed by Donald Taylor
Genres - Mystery |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Run Time - 74 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this detective drama, an investigator from an insurance company is hired to look into the mysterious murder of a wealthy client's mistress. Meanwhile, the deceased's wife hires a gumshoe too. The trouble begins when the insurance detective begins suspecting the wife and her detective of being behind the killings. Eventually the insurance dick corners the private eye, who attempts to kill him. Instead the wife kills her own detective and ends up leading the insurance detective to the mystery's solution.
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insurance, killing, con/scam, investigation, murder, man