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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
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Audiences 53GoodWatch 54
IMDb5.3
Running time
1 h 20 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −26 min on the typical 106
typical 10680Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 126 countries
+116Released
1957
May 1, 1957
69 years ago
Genres
CrimeThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
Rated
- NRUnited States
22 of 22
Pat O'BrienBart Crosbie
Lois MaxwellJill Brook
George CoulourisHeinz Webber
Wensley PitheyInspector Lane
Freddie MillsWaxy Lister
Ronald AdamMr. Brook
Robert BrownSteve Ryan
Richard PascoDr. Fisher- AOApril OlrichBella Braganza
Tommy SteeleHimself
Peter SwanwickHarrison- GEGeorge EugeniouNico
Al MulockRod
Vic WiseLou- SNStuart NicholSgt. Bellamy
- CMCal McCordJoe
- CKClaude KingstonJimmy Crosbie
Anthony GreenNewspaper Office Boy
Ian WilsonMarty
Sylvia KayNurse
Larry TaylorCarson
Mollie MaureenBella's Dresser
Directing · 1
- Terence Fisher Director
Writing · 2
- Robert Falconer Screenplay, Story
- Paddy Manning O'Brine Screenplay
Production · 2
- Richard Gordon Co-Producer
- Pat Moon Production Secretary
Camera · 1
- Desmond Davis Camera Operator
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