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Director:
Sidney Hayers
Writer:
Peter Barnes (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1959 (UK) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama
User Comments:
Nicely made and won't disappoint. more (1 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Lee Patterson ... Paul Langley
Conrad Phillips ... Sgt. Morrison

Michael Goodliffe ... Inspector Walters
Jack Allen ... Dr. Hayden
Yvette Wyatt ... Ann Fisher
Gillian Vaughan ... Wendy
Felicity Young ... Joan Langley
Trevor Maskell ... Dr. Lucas
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ian Colin ... (uncredited)
Charles Leno ... (uncredited)
Harold Siddons ... (uncredited)
Helen Towers ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sidney Hayers 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Peter Barnes  writer

Produced by
Leslie Parkyn .... producer
Julian Wintle .... producer
 
Original Music by
Franz Reizenstein 
 
Cinematography by
Eric Cross 
 
Film Editing by
Tristam Cones 
 
Art Direction by
Eric Saw 
 
Sound Department
Len Page .... sound
 
Music Department
Muir Mathieson .... musical director
Douglas Gamley .... composer: source music (uncredited)
 

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Runtime:
58 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:U
Filming Locations:
Beaconsfield Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Company:
Independent Artists more

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Trivia:
First screened to cinemas in England as a second feature, it was later in 1961 screened in America as an episode in the first series of "Kraft Mystery Theater" (1961). more

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Nicely made and won't disappoint., 16 February 2009
7/10
Author: spottedowl from Australia

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This is another surprise packet dragged from the obscurity barrel. The mainly unknown actors are excellent, the camera work is exceptionally good and the direction is tight and effective.

It's a real pity that there is not more substance to the plot, which has a convict escape prison to be by the side of his wife when she gives birth to their first child. There are complications with the birth from which the wife dies just as the husband manages to get to her.

While this could be turned into a melodramatic tear jerker, that doesn't happen here due to the fast pace of the movie and the inevitable recapture of the husband after the mandatory chase through the hospital.

Certainly this will not make any 'Top 10' list but is well worth watching for the bit under an hour run time. 3.5 / 5

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