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Twenty Plus Two

  • 1961
  • Approved
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
687
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Twenty Plus Two (1961)
WhodunnitCrimeDramaMysteryThriller

A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mys... Read allA famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? Tom Alder investigates.A famous movie star's fan-club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did the secretary know something about the mystery of the heiress? Tom Alder investigates.

  • Director
    • Joseph M. Newman
  • Writer
    • Frank Gruber
  • Stars
    • David Janssen
    • Jeanne Crain
    • Dina Merrill
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    687
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joseph M. Newman
    • Writer
      • Frank Gruber
    • Stars
      • David Janssen
      • Jeanne Crain
      • Dina Merrill
    • 32User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    David Janssen
    David Janssen
    • Tom Alder
    Jeanne Crain
    Jeanne Crain
    • Linda Foster
    Dina Merrill
    Dina Merrill
    • Nicki Kovacs
    Jacques Aubuchon
    Jacques Aubuchon
    • Jacques Pleschette
    William Demarest
    William Demarest
    • Desmond Slocum
    Agnes Moorehead
    Agnes Moorehead
    • Eleanora Delaney
    Brad Dexter
    Brad Dexter
    • Leroy Dane
    Robert Strauss
    Robert Strauss
    • Jim Honsinger
    Fredd Wayne
    Fredd Wayne
    • Harris Toomey
    George N. Neise
    George N. Neise
    • Walter Collinson
    • (as George Neise)
    Mort Mills
    Mort Mills
    • Harbin
    Robert Gruber
    • Bellboy
    Will Wright
    Will Wright
    • Newspaper Morgue Attendant
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Julia Joliet
    • (uncredited)
    Benjie Bancroft
    • Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Wolfe Barzell
    Wolfe Barzell
    • Mr. Pleschette
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Bradley
    Paul Bradley
    • Head Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Brad Brown
    • Bar Patron
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Joseph M. Newman
    • Writer
      • Frank Gruber
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews32

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    5SnoopyStyle

    unreal

    7bluerider521

    A Nice Neat Job

    8planktonrules

    Incredibly complicated....but worth seeing.

    5scsu1975

    Worth a look, just to see Jeanne Crain in one of the tightest black dresses ever made

    9MissClassicTV

    Complicated story with strong lead actor

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Turner Classic Movie host Robert Osborne has a bit as the drunken sailor with dance tickets.
    • Goofs
      Tom, an experienced investigator, should have immediately recognized a woman he was intimate with only ten years earlier in spite of her new hair color.
    • Quotes

      Desmond Slocum: What's a corpse look like after it's been in the water for two weeks? You wouldn't know your grandmother from a salted mackerel.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Stonewall Uprising (2010)

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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • It Started in Tokyo
    • Filming locations
      • Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Allied Artists Pictures
      • Scott R. Dunlap Productions
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    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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