I once saw a movie, I’d like it identified, please.
The plot takes place entirely within a police station. A murder has occurred, a young woman has been found dead. A police detective interviews a suspect, a known petty criminal. He tries to trick the suspect into making a confession.
At the end a more senior policeman releases the suspect, then tells the detective that there was a witness who has seen him (the detective) committing the murder.
I think there was only the three characters in the whole movie.
I think it was British, Black & White, probably somewhere around 1950-60.
I don’t think the suspect was Bernard Cribbens, but it was someone of a similar type.
I immediately thought of Under Suspicion, but there are several things that don’t line up. It’s a much later movie (made in 2000), it’s not black & white, and the suspect isn’t a petty criminal, but a well known rich guy in the town.
However, this seems to be a remake of Garde a Vue, or maybe a “homage” to A Pure Formality, both slightly older foreign films (French & Italian, repectively).
It sounds similar to The Interview, though this was a color Australian film from 1998. Wonderful film with an incredible performance from Hugo Weaving as the suspect.
The oldest version appears to be Garde a Vue (1981). Since it is a very dark movie, one could remember it as b&w, but the persons killed are two young girls, not a young woman.
Both Garde a Vue and Under Suspicion are based on the same John Wainright novel.