Jigsaw (1962 film)

Jigsaw
Directed by	Val Guest
Produced by	Val Guest
Screenplay by	Val Guest
Based on	a novel by Hillary Waugh
Starring	Jack Warner Ronald Lewis Yolande Donlan Michael Goodliffe John Le Mesurier
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Edited by	Bill Lenny
Distributed by	Brittania Films (UK) Beverly Pictures (USA)
Release dates	1962
Running time	107 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Jigsaw is a 1962 British crime drama film written and directed by Val Guest and starring Jack Warner and Ronald Lewis. It is based on the novel Sleep Long, My Love by Hillary Waugh. ^[1]

Plot

A woman is murdered near Brighton. Two local detectives lead an investigation, methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove, but also further afield.^[2]

Cast

• Jack Warner as Detective Inspector Fred Fellows
• Ronald Lewis as Detective Sergeant Jim Wilks
• Yolande Donlan as Jean Sherman
• Michael Goodliffe as Clyde Burchard
• John Le Mesurier as Mr. Simpson
• Moira Redmond as Joan Simpson
• Christine Bocca as Mrs. Simpson
• Brian Oulton as Frank Restlin
• Ray Barrett as Sergeant Gorman
• Norman Chappell as Andy Roach
• John Barron as Ray Tenby / 'John Campbell'
• Joan Newell as Mrs. Banks
• Gerald Campion as glazier at the estate agents

Critical response

Britmovie wrote that Jigsaw is "a chilling murder mystery," adding, "at 107 minutes, the film is long but never tiresome";^[3] while The Guardian described the film as "one of the finest postwar British crime movies and possibly the best depiction of the seaside town on film. Caught in its seedy corruption, Brighton emerges as a far cry from the bumbling world with which (Val) Guest had until then been associated."^[4]

References

1. "Jigsaw". BFI.
2. "Jigsaw (1962) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
3. "Jigsaw 1962 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
4. Christopher Hawtree. "Obituary: Val Guest". the Guardian.

External links

• Jigsaw at the Internet Movie Database