Thursday, Aug. 15 - The Man Who Finally Died

The Man Who Finally Died (1963)

A mysterious call summons Joe Newman to Bavaria in search of the father he believed dead for 20 years.

On his arrival, Newman is told that his father did survive the war, but unfortunately has only just died and been buried. He also learns that he had recently married a much younger woman. Joe is unconvinced and goes to the grave and discovers he was buried a Catholic, despite his being a Protestant. He also learns that the only mourner was Maria Wienewski (Georgina Ward), a refugee at the camp overseen by Peter Cushing. Joe tries to get the police involved, but the local Inspector and his brutish sergeant (Eric Porter and Nigel Green) are clearly not interested. Joe notices that he is being followed by Brenner, a guest at his hotel. He breaks into his room and finds an insurance policy in his father’s name. It turns out that it was Brenner who called him, suspicious that his father may still be alive and that this is all an insurance scam.

And then when we're convinced Joe knows exactly what is going on, it turns out he has got everything wrong.