Christopher Lee stars with Alexander Knox and Betta St. John in "Alias John Preston" from 1955.
Lee plays John Preston, a newcomer to the town of Deanbridge, England. He has a great deal of money and buys a local business, a farm, and is put on several charity boards. He proposes to a banker's daughter (St. John), and she accepts.
There are some hints that an ill wind may be blowing. For one thing, he has a vigorous objection to a psychiatrist (Knox) coming to town to practice. He also blows his stack unreasonably at a restaurant. Had I been his date, that would have been it, but in this case, it wasn't.
Finally, Preston begins to visit Knox to tell him about a series of bad dreams he continues to have.
The film was directed in an overwrought fashion, with only Knox managing to underplay.
The ending wasn't a surprise, but I did like the way it was done.
Lee plays John Preston, a newcomer to the town of Deanbridge, England. He has a great deal of money and buys a local business, a farm, and is put on several charity boards. He proposes to a banker's daughter (St. John), and she accepts.
There are some hints that an ill wind may be blowing. For one thing, he has a vigorous objection to a psychiatrist (Knox) coming to town to practice. He also blows his stack unreasonably at a restaurant. Had I been his date, that would have been it, but in this case, it wasn't.
Finally, Preston begins to visit Knox to tell him about a series of bad dreams he continues to have.
The film was directed in an overwrought fashion, with only Knox managing to underplay.
The ending wasn't a surprise, but I did like the way it was done.