Dangerous Afternoon
1961 | 59m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Charles Saunders |
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| Writer: | Brandon Fleming, Gerald Anstruther |
| Staring: |
| The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret. | |
| Release Date: | May 23, 1961 |
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| Director: | Charles Saunders |
| Writer: | Brandon Fleming, Gerald Anstruther |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | blackmail, deception, murder, illegitimate child |
| Production Companies | Theatrecraft, Bryanston Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ruth Dunning | Miss Letty Frost / Irma Randall |
| Nora Nicholson | Mrs. Louisa Sprule |
| Joanna Dunham | Freda Maybury |
| Howard Pays | Jack Loring |
| May Hallatt | Miss Burge |
| Gwenda Wilson | Jean Berry / Jean Hinton |
| Ian Colin | Reverend Everard Porson |
| Gladys Henson | Miss Caroline Cassell |
| Barbara Everest | Mrs. Judson |
| Max Brimmell | Doctor Spalding |
| James Raglan | Sir Phillip Morstan |
| Trevor Reid | Inspector Craven |
| Elizabeth Begley | Mrs. Caldwell |
| Diana Chesney | Mrs. Roberts |
| Jerold Wells | George Burling / Ned Barrett |
| Richard McNeff | Mr. Brown, the Chemist |
| Jan Miller | Girl Assistant at Chemist |
| Jackie Noble | Maisie |
| Edna Morris | Mrs. Millett |
| Deirdre Clarke | Joan Mason |
| Arlene Butler | Bunch |
| Brian Weske | Jim |
| Roddy Maude-Roxby | Pug |
| John Line | Peter |
| Frank Sieman | Police Sergeant Morris |
| Keith Smith | Constable Kemp |
| Frank Hawkins | Inspector Bartlett |
| Barry Wilsher | Sergeant Hewson |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Brandon Fleming | Screenplay |
| Charles Saunders | Director |
| Gerald Anstruther | Original Story |
| Ted Sturgis | Assistant Director |
| Norman Percival | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Geoffrey Faithfull | Director of Photography |
| Peter Bezencenet | Editor |
| Duncan Sutherland | Art Direction |
| Eddie Knight | Makeup Artist |
| Helen Penfold | Hairdresser |
| Denis Holt | Production Manager |
| George Adams | Sound Recordist |
| Stephen Dalby | Sound Director |
| Jim Sibley | Sound Editor |
| Bob Thompson | Camera Operator |
| Tina Swanson | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Barbara Cole | Continuity |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Guido Coen | Producer |
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"Miss Frost" (Ruth Dunning), confined to a wheelchair, runs a guest house for ladies who - like her - have a bit of a criminal past. They all rub along well enough, pilfering from each other and generally goading and provoking until their landlady learns that one of her erstwhile associates has been ... released from Her Majesty's pleasure and is likely to want to come visit! The outwardly vulnerable "Frost" is no pushover and lays a trap... It's quite a disarmingly effective little crime drama this. The supporting cast provide just enough of an amiable smokescreen to facilitate a decent performance from Dunning as the quite ruthless and calculating invalid. The ending is a wee bit contrived but there is quite a confessional with the vicar at the denouement. The production is all pretty basic and it's maybe not got the most alluring of titles for a film, but at just over the hour, I found it quite watchable.