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Man at the Carlton Tower
Man at the Carlton Tower
Directed by	Robert Tronson
Written by	Philip Mackie
Based on	The Man at the Carlton ; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Jack Greenwood; Jim O'Connolly;
Starring	Maxine Audley; Lee Montague; Allan Cuthbertson;
Cinematography	Bert Mason
Edited by	Bernard Gribble
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Production; company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date	July 1961;
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Man at the Carlton Tower is a 1961 British second feature ('B')^[1] crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Maxine Audley, Lee Montague and Allan Cuthbertson.^[2] The screenplay was by Philip Mackie, based on the 1931 Edgar Wallace novel The Man at the Carlton.^[3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Plot

Tim Jordan is an ex-policeman helping the police look for Rhodesian criminal Lew Daney, who has murdered a policeman.

Cast

Maxine Audley as Lydia Daney
Lee Montague as Tim Jordan
Allan Cuthbertson as Det. Supt. Cowley
Terence Alexander as Johnny Time
Alfred Burke as Harry Stone
Nigel Green as Lew Daney
Nyree Dawn Porter as Mary Greer
Geoffrey Frederick as Det. Sgt. Pepper
Geoffrey Lumsden as Stocker
Frank Forsyth as commissionaire
Steven Scott as Gallo
Keith Ashley as junior clerk
Howard Taylor as reception clerk
Nancy Roberts as barmaid
Adrian Oker as waiter

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "The latest of the Edgar Wallace mystery series, an amalgam of deductive duologues, gunplay and publicity for the new Carlton Tower Hotel, has about it the air of a television series manqué, competent enough of its undistinguished kind. Alfred Burke gives a novel style of smooth menace to his villain, but the ending where he loses both loot and life is confused and unconvincing."^[4]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ "Man at the Carlton Tower". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943.
^ "Man at the Carlton Tower". Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 130. 1961. ProQuest 1305829001 – via ProQuest.