Clue of the Twisted Candle

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Clue of the Twisted Candle

1960

1h 1m

7.0(2 votes)

Crime

Overview

A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.

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17 members

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Bernard Lee

Superintendent Meredith

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David Knight

Lexman

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Francis de Wolff

Ramon Karadis

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Colette Wilde

Grace

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Christine Shaw

Linda Buckland

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Stanley Morgan

Sergeant Anson

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A.J. Brown

Commissioner of Police

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Richard Caldicot

Fisher

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Edmond Bennett

Manservant

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Simon Lack

Jock

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Anthony Baird

Sergeant Butterfield

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Gladys Henson

Landlady

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Alfred Maron

Finch

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Richard Vernon

Viney

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Harry Locke

Amis

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Roy Purcell

Brennan

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Kenneth Fortescue

Secretary (C.I.D.)

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