MAID FOR MURDER is a largely unfunny comedy that manages to waste the talents of a fine cast, all of whom do their best to breathe life and humour into their insipid lines and scenes. Bob Monkhouse and Alfred Marks play a pair of murderous brothers scheming to either marry or murder an heiress staying with them in their rambling old home. Anna Karina is suitably exotic and glamorous in the role, but only in some of the darker scenes does this work; the bits with the poison are funny but the rest just feels laboured and occasionally dated in its representation of the attitudes of men towards women. Some lively guest actors show up, including Hattie Jacques, Clive Dunn, Peter Butterworth, and Graham Stark, but their presence isn't enough to lift this from the doldrums.
Review of Maid for Murder
