The Last Man To Hang (1956)

A married music critic (Tom Conway) is having an affair with an attractive singer (Eunice Gayson). He is about to leave England with her when news arrives of his wife's (Elizabeth Sellars) death. He's even more stunned when the police arrest him for her murder. Based on the novel THE JURY by Gerald Bullett and directed by Terence Fisher (THE BRIDES OF DRACULA). A rather drab courtroom murder mystery, a mash up of 12 ANGRY MEN and WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION. Not as dull as 12 ANGRY MEN (what could be?) but so stale that even its absurd "surprise" ending doesn't lift it out of the doldrums. As the husband on trial, Tom Conway gives a performance so soporific that you don't care if he's innocent or guilty. With Freda Jackson, Anthony Newley, Joan Hickson, Victor Maddern and Gillian Lynne.