Clue of the New Pin

Clue of the New Pin

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1961-02-01
Genre:Crime
Duration:58 min
Director:Allan Davis
Actors:Paul Daneman, Bernard Archard, James Villiers, Katherine Woodville, Clive Morton
Production:Merton Park Studios

Overview:

TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.

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