Jigsaw (1962)

Director: Val Guest

Writers: Val Guest

Starring: Jack Warner, Ronald Lewis, Yolande Donlan, Michael Goodliffe, John Le Mesurier, Moira Redmond, Christine Bocca, Brian Oulton, Ray Barrett, Norman Chappell, John Barron, Joan Newell

Tagline: The most baffling whodunit ever filmed...!

Plot: A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.

My rating: 8/10

Will I watch it again?  Yes.

Here's one crime thriller that's very smart and a little different than the usual fare of its time.  The two detectives work well together as they uncover a murder and try to solve it with barely a clue.  Little by little, through some boring (for them, not me), routine police work tiny clues add up that lead them to a short list of suspects.  I like how the detectives work well together and their matter-of-factness.  There's very little time wasted on screen and the mystery remains one until almost the end.  And even then they don't have the evidence to finish the job...or do they.  It's only in the final few seconds that closure is made and it's not in a way you'd think.  If it were made these days the filmmakers would've kept going to give you more information, information you don't need.  This is a tight little picture that deserves a look.