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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
The famous detective and his trusty side-kick, Tinker, are called in by the War Office to find some important papers that were stolen from a man killed during an air raid.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 52GoodWatch 60
IMDb5.2
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 thrillers, −24 min on the typical 104
typical 10480Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Released
1945
February 5, 1945
81 years ago
Genre
ThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 8 more26 people
- David FarrarSexton Blake
- Manning WhileyRaoul Sudd
- DADennis ArundellJohann Sudd
- JVJohn VarleyTinker
- Betty Huntley-WrightNobby
- Gordon McLeodInspector Venner
- Kathleen HarrisonMrs. Bardell
- Cyril SmithBelford
- MKMagda KunYvonne
- Ferdy MayneSlant-Eyes
- Charles FarrellSkipper
- RHRoddy HughesFerraby
- PGPhilip GodfreyJames Baird
- TATony ArpinoTorch
- CRCharles RolfeMario Carloni
- BHBilly HowardPoliceman
- JPJohn PoweCockney Chink
- JVJack VyvyanHawkins
- HWHenry WolstonAssistant Commissioner
- DKDavid KeirCharlie Kunn
Elsie WagstaffMrs. Baird- RBRobert Brooks TurnerConstable
- AHAlfred HarrisHospital Doctor
Margo JohnsHospital Nurse
Directing · 1
- John Harlow Director, Writer
Production · 1
- Louis H. Jackson Producer
Camera · 1
- Geoffrey Faithfull Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Vi Burdon Editor
Sound · 1
- Percival Mackey Music
Art · 1
- C. Wilfred Arnold Art Direction
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