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Kill or Cure is a 1962 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes. It was written by David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
Kill or Cure: Directed by George Pollock. With Terry-Thomas, Eric Sykes, Dennis Price, Lionel Jeffries. An undercover private detective investigates a suspicious death at a shady health clinic.
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- Comedy, Mystery
- George Pollock
- 1962-09
A detective bumbles through the investigation of murders at a spa. Cast & Crew. Read More. George Pollock. Director. Terry-thomas. J. Barker-Rynde. Eric Sykes. Rumbelow. Dennis Price. Dr. Crossley. Lionel Jeffries. Inspector Hook. Moira Redmond. Frances Reitman. Film Details. Genre. Suspense/Mystery. Comedy. Release Date. Jan 1962.
Kill Or Cure, which Pollock made in between his first and second Marple films, is a comparable case. Terry-Thomas plays a two-bit private detective who’s hired by a wealthy widow to spy on someone close to her. Just before making contact with the old woman at a heath spa, however,…
- George Pollock
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
"Kill or Cure" is a humorous British comedy mystery that has Terry-Thomas and Eric Sykes sleuthing one another. It all starts when private detective, Capt. J. Barker Rynde (Thomas) gets a call from a society dowager, Mrs. Margaret Clifford.
Synopsis by Mark Deming. Terry-Thomas stars in this British comedy as J. Barker-Rynde, a detective assigned to look into some dirty dealings at a health club. The supporting cast includes Lionel Jeffries, Eric Sykes, and Dennis Price.
Jack Seddon Screenplay. Geoffrey Faithfull Cinematography. Critics reviews. Reprobate photographer and part time private investigator (Terry Thomas) is hired by a batty old woman to go undercover into a health farm managed by Eric Sykes, to investigate a suspicious death.
