Blood Orange (1953 film)

Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. It was released in the United States as Three Stops to Murder. A private eye investigating a jewel robbery at a London fashion house finds himself involved in a murder mystery.

Plot
In a London fashion house,"Blood orange" is the name of new dress designed by Helen Pascall. A model and a rich client are found murdered, each wearing the new dress. Private Eye Tom Conway suspects a link between the murders and the jewel robberies he is investigating.

Cast

 * Tom Conway as Tom Conway
 * Mila Parély as Helen Pascall
 * Naomi Chance as Gina
 * Eric Pohlmann as Mr Mercedes
 * Andrew Osborn as Captain Colin Simpson
 * Richard Wattis as Detective Inspector MacLeod
 * Margaret Halstan as Lady Marchant
 * Eileen Way as Mme Fernande
 * Michael Ripper as Eddie
 * Betty Cooper as Miss Betty
 * Thomas Heathcote as Detective Sergeant Jessup
 * Alan Rolfe as Inspector
 * Roger Delgado as Marlowe
 * Reed De Rouen as Heath
 * Delphi Lawrence as Chelsea
 * Ann Hanslip as Jane
 * Cab Kaye, singing "Don't Talk About Me Baby"

Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin said "This thriller sets its involved story in the world of the couturiers, with back-biting models, a jealous manageress, and a heroine who attempts to achieve her ambitions through murder. The film tries, not very successfully, to be crisp and smart in style; the mystery, however, is fairly well sustained."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Thriller is smartly styled but low-cut in excitement."

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called the film "competent but conventional mystery".

Sky Movies gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote: "This one is smartly styled but shorter than a mini-skirt when it comes to thrills."