A Time To Kill/The Impersonator DVD – John Horsley, John Crawford 

A double bill of films from the 1950s and 1960s. ‘A Time to Kill’ (1955) is a complex thriller about an innocent man accused of murdering his mistress. As the film progresses it becomes clear that a newspaper reporter is covering up for the fact that he abused the woman and is trying to vilify Dr Cole (Kenneth Kent). ‘The Impersonator’ (1960) is set in a small English town where a schoolmistress (Jane Griffiths) agrees to go on a date with a US Airforce sergeant (John Crawford). They miss each other at the agreed time and a series of murders take place in which the man becomes the prime suspect.

A Time To Kill: Peter (John Horseley) chemist and philanderer realises that the drinks of himself and his mistress Madeline have been poisoned. He phones Dr Cole for help but Madeline dies. The Doctor’s wife tells a reporter that Madeline and a mystery man were blackmailers. When Mrs Cole is brutally murdered and Peter is the chief suspect Peter’s snubbed fianc”e takes up the case… The Impersonator: – In an effort to improve relations between a US airbase and the sleepy local English village it borders airman Sergeant Bradford (John Crawford) is tasked with organising a school trip to see the pantomime Mother Goose. Meanwhile a prowling killer is on the loose and after a night out with the victim the finger of suspicion points to Bradford…