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Twenty Plus Two

  • 1961
  • Approved
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
708
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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
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    708
    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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    Top Cast41

    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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    Related interests

    Jude Law in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
    Whodunnit
    James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Sharon Angela, Max Casella, Dan Grimaldi, Joe Perrino, Donna Pescow, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Tony Sirico, and Michael Drayer in The Sopranos (1999)
    Crime
    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama
    Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. in Chinatown (1974)
    Mystery
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
    Thriller

    Storyline

    Did you know

    • 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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    Details

    • 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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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 42m(102 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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