Strip Tease Murder

Strip Tease Murder
Original British lobby card
Directed by Ernest Morris
Written by Paul Tabori
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Paddy Aherne
Edited by Derek Parsons
Music by Bill LeSage
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount British Pictures (UK)
Release date
 March 1961 (UK)
Running time
 66 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Strip Tease Murder is a low budget 1961 British second feature film thriller directed by Ernest Morris and starring John Hewer and Ann Lynn.

Plot

Diana, a stripper, is electrocuted during a dance routine on stage at the Flamingo Club. Her husband, compere Bert Black, turns detective to investigate. He suspects Diana was murdered for a crime she didn't commit, but proving it to the satisfaction of Inspector Forbes is another matter.

Cast

  • John Hewer as Bert
  • Ann Lynn as Rita
  • Jean Muir as Diana
  • Vanda Hudson as Angelin
  • Kenneth J. Warren as Branco
  • Carl Duering as Rocco
  • Michael Peake as Martin
  • Leon Cortez as Lou
  • Peter Elliot as Perkel
  • Trevor Reid as Inspector Forbes
  • Christine Child, Judy Collins, Janet Hall and Lita Howard as Flamingo dancers
  • Mitzi Bardot, Vicki Grey, Margo Mitchell and Shari as Flamingo showgirls
  • Robert Mooney as Mechanic
  • Robert Crewdson as Andy
  • Michael Blake as Mike
  • Walter Horsbrugh as doctor

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A combination of modest murder mystery and mild striptease club acts, this unassuming production has little to recommend it except the unexpectedly good characterisation of the tragedy-hit but persevering Bert."

Hal Erickson in Allmovie, called it a "lurid British potboiler."

In The Spinning Image, Graeme Clarke wrote, "Strip Tease Murder had a title which promised far more lurid thrills than the censorship of the day would have allowed them to deliver on, although as far as the nudity went it was still going further than most of its contemporaries. Yet you could see as much in such higher profile fare as Expresso Bongo [1959], and probably be more entertained by a better standard of production to boot ... now appearing whimsically old-fashioned, Strip Tease Murder was unlikely to find an enduring reception outside of vintage exploitation fans."