Mr Denning Drives North (1953)

This weirdly-titled 1953 film, based on a book about a father who accidentally kills his daughter's beau and disposes of the body only to find out later the body has disappeared and the death gone undiscovered, is billed as a mystery thriller but ends up feeling more like a convoluted melodrama as gradually more and more members of the man's family get involved.

★★☆☆☆

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Dulcima (1971)

A film with a weird Carry On beginning and an unpleasant, melodramatic finish, this Golden Bear contender tells the ugly story of young home helper Dulcima who upon discovering money tins in the home of her drooling, lecherous peeping tom farmer-boss, Mr Parker, changes her behaviour towards him while also falling Lady Chatterley-style for the strapping young gamekeeper in the cottage down the way.

★★☆☆☆

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