Blood Orange (1953 film)
Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery. Plot
In a London fashion house,"Blood orange" is the name of new dress designed by Helen Pascall. A model and a rich client are found murdered, each wearing the new  dress. Private Eye Tom Conway suspects a link between the murders and the jewel robberies he is investigating. Cast
 Tom Conway as Tom Conway
 Mila Parély as Helen Pascall
 Naomi Chance as Gina
 Eric Pohlmann as Mr Mercedes
 Andrew Osborn as Captain Colin Simpson
 Richard Wattis as Detective Inspector MacLeod
 Margaret Halstan as Lady Marchant
 Eileen Way as Mme Fernande
 Michael Ripper as Eddie
 Betty Cooper as Miss Betty
 Thomas Heathcote as Detective Sergeant Jessup
 Alan Rolfe as Inspector
 Roger Delgado as Marlowe
 Reed De Rouen as Heath
 Delphi Lawrence as Chelsea
 Ann Hanslip as Jane
 Cab Kaye, singing "Don't Talk About Me Baby"

Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin said "This thriller sets its involved story in the world of the couturiers, with back-biting models, a jealous manageress, and a heroine who attempts to achieve her ambitions through murder. The film tries, not very successfully, to be crisp and smart in style; the mystery, however, is fairly well sustained." In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Thriller is smartly styled but low-cut in excitement." Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called the film  "compentent but conventional mystery." Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote: "This one is smartly styled but shorter than a mini-skirt when it comes to thrills." References

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1953 films
1953 crime films
British crime films
British black-and-white films
Films directed by Terence Fisher
British detective films
Hammer Film Productions films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films