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  1. Signpost to Murder is a 1964 American crime thriller film directed by George Englund from a screenplay by Sally Benson, based on the 1962 play of the same name by Monte Doyle. The film stars Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, and Edward Mulhare.

  2. Signpost to Murder: Directed by George Englund. With Joanne Woodward, Stuart Whitman, Edward Mulhare, Alan Napier. An escapee from an asylum takes refuge in a woman's house; but she has dark secrets of her own.

    • (539)
    • Crime, Mystery, Thriller
    • George Englund
    • 1964-12-04
  3. Jan 11, 2024 · Confined within an asylum surrounded by high electric fences is wife killer Alex (Stuart Whitman), five years into his stretch, whom resident psychiatrist Dr Fleming (Edward Mulhare) not only believes is sane but also innocent, the convicted man having no memory of killing his wife and, as it later transpires, no motive.

  4. An Englishwoman (Joanne Woodward) whose husband is away hides a killer (Stuart Whitman) escaped from an asylum.

    • (2)
    • George Englund
    • Mystery & Thriller
    • Stuart Whitman
  5. Alex Forrester, convicted of murdering his wife, fails to gain his release after spending 10 years in a British asylum for the criminally insane. Dr. Mark Fleming, Forrester's psychiatrist, informs him of an old law which provides for the reopening of a trial if the prisoner escapes and remains at large for 14 days.

    • George Englund, Wallace Worsley
    • Joanne Woodward
  6. A man escapes from an asylum and seeks refuge in a woman's house, where he becomes involved in a murder mystery. IMDb provides two summaries of the film, one from alfiehitchie and one from Huggo, as well as other information about the cast, crew, and trivia.

  7. This idea is effectively illustrated in George Englund’s Signpost to Murder in which insanity becomes a relative condition; as the film goes on, mental hospital patient Alex Forrester (Stuart Whitman) appears more normal and those “on the outside” seem less so (“Look at the loonies!” cry the tourists through the hospital fence).