Who Was Maddox? (also known as Undisclosed Client) is a 1964 British film directed by Geoffrey Nethercott and starring Bernard Lee, Jack Watling and Suzanne Lloyd.[1] Part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on a story by Wallace.

Who Was Maddox?
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Directed byGeoffrey Nethercott
Screenplay byRoger Marshall
Based ona story
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
StarringBernard Lee
Jack Watling
Suzanne Lloyd
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDerek Holding
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 2 August 1964 (1964-08-02)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Jack Heath is a successful director of a publishing company. After a jewel robbery at his home, he is arrested by Superintendent Meredith for the murder of the company's chairman, Alec Campbell. Meredith is not convinced of his guilt and is willing to believe that Heath is being framed. When Meredith questions Heath's wife Suzanne, she admits that the robbery was faked, and that she is being blackmailed by a man called Maddox. Meredith releases Jack, and pursues Maddox.

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Following the customary penny-plain but concise style of the Edgar Wallace series, this emerges as one of the best of these films, thanks to a clever and quite gripping story which never loses its momentum. Bernard Lee has an easy, convincing manner and seems happily cast as the Superintendent, and the other members of the cast are never less than adequate."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Who Was Maddox?". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Who Was Maddox?". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 31 (360): 124. 1 January 1964. ProQuest 1305832617 – via ProQuest.
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