Serena
1962 | 60m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Peter Maxwell |
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| Writer: | Edward Abraham, Valerie Abraham, Reginald Hearne |
| Staring: |
| Scotland Yard investigate when a woman, apparently the estranged wife of a London painter, is murdered with a shotgun in rural Surrey at the same time as the artist's striking model with her long black hair disappears. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 01, 1962 |
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| Director: | Peter Maxwell |
| Writer: | Edward Abraham, Valerie Abraham, Reginald Hearne |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
| Keywords | scotland yard, shotgun, criminal investigation, body identification |
| Production Companies | Butcher's Film Service |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Patrick Holt | Inspector Gregory |
| Emrys Jones | Howard Rogers |
| Honor Blackman | Ann Rogers |
| Bruce Beeby | Det. Sgt Conway |
| John Horsley | Mr. Fisher |
| Robert Perceval | Bank Manager |
| Wally Patch | Barman |
| Frank Pettitt | Fred (as Frank Pettit) |
| Benedicta Leigh | Policewoman Scott |
| Peter Glaze | Station Booking Clerk |
| Vi Stevens | Landlady |
| Howard Greene | River Police Sergeant |
| Raymond Smith | River Police Constable |
| Lawrence James | Uniformed Constable |
| Reginald Hearne | Doctor (as Reggie Hearne) |
| Barry Linehan | Forensic Chemist |
| Gerry Duggan | Norman Cole |
| Colin Rix | Plain Clothes Detective |
| Bill Mills | Photographer |
| Pat Shaw | Uniformed Policewoman |
| John Tatham | PC Barrow (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Maxwell | Director |
| Pat Moon | Continuity |
| Ken Ritchie | Boom Operator |
| Edward Abraham | Story, Screenplay |
| Valerie Abraham | Story |
| David Bracknell | Assistant Director |
| James Northcote | Second Assistant Director |
| Peter Childs | Assistant Art Director |
| Richard Bird | Sound Recordist |
| Gus Drisse | Camera Operator |
| Frank Bellingham | Still Photographer |
| Joyce Stoneman | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Wally Nelson | Assistant Editor |
| Johnny Gregory | Music Director, Music |
| Reginald Hearne | Screenplay |
| Stephen Dade | Director of Photography |
| Allan Morrison | Editor |
| George Provis | Art Direction |
| Jimmy Evans | Makeup Artist |
| Bobbie Smith | Hairstylist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ronald Liles | Associate Producer |
| John I. Phillips | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Trending Position
We open with a woman walking up the stairs, turning to find a person standing in the doorway and - boom! The police arrive at the rural cottage and we discover that she was the wealthy wife of struggling painter "Howard" (Emyr Jones). Was everything in their marriage happy? Well it falls to "Insp. G ... regory" (Patrick Holt) to get to the bottom fo things - a task made more complicated when one of the artist's models goes missing and that's before we get quite a twist to throw the plates in the air and leave us with a rather jumbled and overly contrived mystery. The remainder of the hour seems designed to showcase the acting talents of Honor Blackman rather than deliver a plausible mystery and by the end I'd rather lost interest. It's a low budget affair which doesn't help, but Peter Maxwell's rather staccato and lacklustre direction makes heavy weather of this, sorry.