Attempt to Kill is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[2] film directed by Royston Morley and starring Derek Farr and Tony Wright.

[3] The screenplay was by Richard Harris, based on the 1929 Edgar Wallace novel The Lone House Mystery.

[4] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

[1] A businessman fires one of his employees, then someone tries to murder him.

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Derek Farr's resourceful performance as the Inspector, and the Thames setting, are the only assets in this unoriginal Edgar Wallace thriller.