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Product Description

Oscar nominee Margaret Leighton, John Justin, Roland Culver and Michael Medwin star in this Brit-noir Cold War thriller involving another intriguing case for Philip Chance, the fictional crime writer created by phenomenally successful novelist and Paul Temple creator Francis Durbridge. Co-scripted by Durbridge and directed by the award-winning Wendy Toye, The Teckman Mystery is featured here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements, with its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Crime novelist Philip Chance is commissioned by his publisher to write the biography of Martin Teckman, a young airman who crashed and died whilst testing a new plane. From the moment he arrives home, however, Chance is beset by a series of 'accidents' leaving him in no doubt that there are people who do not want Teckman's past investigated... SPECIAL FEATURES: [] Image gallery [] Original pressbook PDF

Review

"An enjoyable slice of nearly-noir, the Teckman Mystery is close to being a fossil-record technothriller. Theodore Sturgeon's definition of science fiction was a human problem with a human solution, caused and brought about by science, and Bruce Sterling described a technothriller as a "science fiction novel with the President in it"." --(Eye for Film - Andrew Robertson)

36:T594,This review is for the Network DVD released on 25 January 2016Lovely crisp black and white print - had to turn the sound up a little, but it was fine after that. As usual, no subtitles.So here are the things we most enjoyed about this 1954 British thriller:* John Justin, looking handsome and very dapper, giving a quietly amusing performance as a Gentleman Jim type of crime writer, commissioned to write the biography of Martin Teckman, a young airman who has died testing a new plane. But