Twenty Plus Two
Twenty Plus Two (a.k.a. "It Started in Tokyo") is a 1961 American mystery film directed by Joseph M. Newman and starring David Janssen, Jeanne Crain, and Dina Merrill. The film adapted Frank Gruber's 1961 novel of the same title. Plot. Janssen portrays Tom Alder, an investigator who specializes in locating lost heirs for families looking for them. Prompted by a Los Angeles police friend to poke his nose into the murder of a movie star's fan club secretary, he discovers a possible connection that police had missed: one to a missing heiress who had disappeared  thirteen years earlier. Crain plays Linda Foster, an old love of Alder's who re-enters his life and pursues him, in spite of being engaged to a wealthy and influential man. She ends up competing with her friend Nicki Kovacs (Merrill) for Alder's attention. Agnes Moorehead and William Demarest appear in support roles, each for only one scene with Janssen. Critical reception. Allmovie called it a "talkative but interesting murder mystery."