Signpost to Murder

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Signpost to Murder

"Are we all potential killers?"

1964

1h 14m

6.2(12 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

An escaped mental patient from an asylum for the criminally insane, reported to be homicidal, hides out in a woman's rural home.

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9 members

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Joanne Woodward

Molly Thomas

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Stuart Whitman

Alex Forrester

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Edward Mulhare

Dr. Mark Fleming

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Alan Napier

The Vicar

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Joyce Worsley

Mrs. Barnes

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Leslie Denison

Superintendant Bickley

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Murray Matheson

Dr. Graham

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Hedley Mattingly

Officer Rogers

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Carol Veazie

Auntie

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