The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
THE PAY-OFF WAS MURDER!
Synopsis
Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
Main Cast
William Henry
Steve Morgan
Linda Stirling
Janet Spencer
Virginia Christine
Lola Carson
Thomas E. Jackson
Police Lt. Milo Jones
Barbara Woodell
Rita Armstrong
Kenne Duncan
Sam Priestly
Virginia Brissac
Martha, the Housekeeper
Lyle Latell
Peter Musso, Henchman
Ernie Adams
Frank Gary, Henchman
Tristram Coffin
John Armstrong
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
"Janet" (Linda Stirling) gets a puncture and seeks the assistance of "Armstrong" (Tristram Coffin) incurring the chagrin of that man's rather jealous wife "Rita" (Barbara Wooddell). To make matters worse, she now drives off in the wife's car only to collide with another car and then find herself embroiled in a previous, and fatal, hit-and-run with the partner of the husband of the wife of the car she is driving. Still with me? Now she engages the help of PI "Morgan" (William Henry) to try to get to the bottom of an internecine mystery that involves fraud, insurance and mysterious women. It packs quite a lot of plot into an hour, but the acting and the dialogue is banal at best with very basic production values that smack more of television than cinema. It probably looked OK at a drive-in when the audience maybe had better things to do, and it really is pretty instantly forgettable fayre.
