The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson is a 1947 British crime film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Anthony Hulme, Lesley Osmond and Frank Hawkins. It was written by Francis Miller and Mitchell. The plot concerns a valuable inheritance, murder, confusions of identity, and a mysterious crime boss.
Synopsis
A solicitor's secretary is taking a will to a client to be altered. Nearing the address, she bumps into a stranger and after finds a body (who turns out to be the client) lying murdered. The police find a note pinned to the dead man signed by a "V.L.S.". Mr Nicholson (V.L.S.) is approached by the police and he takes up the case.
Cast Anthony Hulme as Nicholson / Raeburn Lesley Osmond as Peggy Dundas Frank Hawkins as Inspector Morley Andrew Laurence as Waring Douglas Stewart as Seymour George Bishop as Mr Browne Josie Bradley as Freda Ivy Collins as Mrs Barnes
Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This is a confused and rather dull thriller badly knit together. The acting is amateurish in the extreme, and the continuity is poor."
Kine Weekly wrote: "Its plot, which hinges on the hero's striking resemblance to a crook, is unabashed 'penny dreadful, but the leading players are reasonably convincing and the direction is not lacking in resource."
Picturegoer wrote: "The story is embellished with a music hall sequence, and songs, and has a certain rough robustness which makes for quite acceptable entertainment."
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