Miss Tulip Stays The Night - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Miss Tulip Stays The Night. Image shows from L to R: Andrew Dax (Patrick Holt), Kate (Diana Dors)

Genre

Released

1955

Stars

Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, A.E. Matthews, Joss Ambler, Ida Patlansky, George Roderick and more

Writer

John O. Douglas

Director

Leslie Arliss

Producers

John O. Douglas, Bill Luckwell and D.E.A. Winn

Company

Jaywell Productions

Murder mystery novelist Andrew Dax is up against a deadline, so his wife Kate arranges for them to hire a country cottage and get away from all distractions.

Arriving late after suffering a breakdown, the couple have barely sat down before hearing an insistent knocking at the door, and the entry of Millicent Tulip. Her own car having broken down directly outside the property, and scared after apparently receiving a string of threatening letters, she plays on the Dax's sense of kindly hospitality for the night.

Come morning, however, Kate is horrified to discover Miss Tulip dead in their living room - and not simply dead, but murdered. When the police arrive, they're quick to apportion blame, and it's heading straight in Andrew's direction.