Three Cases of Murder

Krimi / mysteriozní / drama / horor, Velká Británie, 1955, 99 min.



Mr. X, a painter dressed in clothes from an earlier era, appears in a deserted art gallery shortly after the glass covering a painting shatters. He then sits opposite the same painting, which depicts a dark house on a remote and foggy moor. When Mr. Jarvis, the tour guide, arrives with numerous patrons, he describes the painting as a masterpiece, and remarks that the long-dead artist is unknown. Jarvis later alerts gallery manager Rooke that the glass has again been mysteriously broken. When Rooke leaves, Jarvis converses with Mr. X, remarking that the house in the painting appears to be deserted. Mr. X agrees and suggests that the house needs a light in an upper window. He then urges Jarvis to come close to the painting and focus on the details. When Jarvis follows his instructions, the door of the house opens and the two men enter the world of the painting. Jarvis is astonished when he realizes that he is inside the house, and meets a woman who lives there with Mr. X. Jarvis soon recognizes many pieces of artwork that have disappeared from the gallery throughout the years, and Mr. X confirms that he has furnished the house with objects from the gallery. After Mr. X reveals he has been smoking cigarette butts procured from the gallery ashtrays, Jarvis offers him his own pack, and Mr. X then greedily admires his matches. Mr. X assures the disoriented Jarvis that he is not experiencing a nightmare, but that people live in limbo in all paintings. When Mr. X admits that this painting is his own work, Jarvis remembers that Mr. X is dead. Later, Jarvis meets Snyder, a taxidermist and the third resident of the house. Mr. X complains that Snyder owns the sole candle and flint in the house, and will light the candle only if Mr. X and the woman behave themselves. Mr. X now asks Jarvis for a match, but the tour guide has run out. Mr. X, who is obsessed with the idea of lighting an upper window, refuses to allow Jarvis to leave, and forces him to drink a concoction served by the woman. He then proposes giving Jarvis to Snyder for his trophy room in exchange for the lighted candle. Jarvis, who is now paralyzed by a toxin in the drink, realizes that he is to be the latest subject of Snyder's taxidermy. Snyder consents to light the candle in six minutes, after which Mr. X breaks through the newest pane of glass covering the painting and enters the gallery. Six minutes later, Mr. X hears a faint scream and a light appears in the painting. A young woman then sits next to Mr. X, who is now dissatisfied by an open space under the tree in the painting. The young woman agrees that a delicate statue under the tree would balance the effect of the light, and, after confirming she owns a lighter, Mr. X lures the woman closer to the painting.
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