Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Terence Fisher |
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| Writer: | Robert Falconer, Paddy Manning O'Brine |
| Staring: |
| A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap. | |
| Release Date: | May 01, 1957 |
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| Director: | Terence Fisher |
| Writer: | Robert Falconer, Paddy Manning O'Brine |
| Genres: | Crime, Thriller |
| Keywords | england, reporter |
| Production Companies | Francis Searle Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Pat O’Brien | Bart Crosbie |
| Lois Maxwell | Jill Brook |
| George Coulouris | Heinz Webber |
| Wensley Pithey | Inspector Lane |
| Freddie Mills | Waxy Lister |
| Ronald Adam | Mr. Brook |
| Robert Brown | Steve Ryan |
| Richard Pasco | Dr. Fisher |
| April Olrich | Bella Braganza |
| Tommy Steele | Himself |
| Peter Swanwick | Harrison |
| George Eugeniou | Nico |
| Al Mulock | Rod |
| Vic Wise | Lou |
| Stuart Nichol | Sgt. Bellamy |
| Louise Gainsborough | |
| Cal McCord | Joe |
| Claude Kingston | Jimmy Crosbie |
| Anthony Green | Newspaper Office Boy |
| Gabriel Toyne | |
| Adrian Cairns | |
| Kenneth J. Warren | |
| Ian Wilson | Marty |
| Peter Johnson | |
| Sylvia Kay | Nurse |
| Larry Taylor | Carson |
| Mollie Maureen | Bella's Dresser |
| Don McCorkindale | |
| Vic Chapman | |
| George Hilsdon | |
| Arthur Cortez | |
| Anne Gilleno |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Robert Falconer | Story, Screenplay |
| Paddy Manning O'Brine | Screenplay |
| Pat Moon | Production Secretary |
| Terence Fisher | Director |
| Desmond Davis | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Richard Gordon | Co-Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Trending Position
"Crosbie" (Pat O'Brien) is a jaded old journalist who is involved in a car accident that robs him of his wife and seriously injures his son. Now facing a bill of £1,000 to send him to Switzerland for urgent treatment, he becomes desperate and turns to the dubious "Webber" (George Coulouris) and offe ... rs to take the rap for the recent death of his old boss if he will fund the surgery. What "Crosbie" hadn't figured on, though, was the police actually wanting to get to the bottom of the crime and "Insp. Lane" (Wensley Pithey) isn't convinced he has his man! The only solution for "Crosbie" now might be to team up with fellow reporter "Jill" (Lois Maxwell) and see if they can solve the crime themselves. It took me a while to recognise a very young Richard Pascoe as the doctor and Tommy Steele also features briefly, but otherwise this is all a rather formulaic drama that is probably fifteen minutes longer than it needs to be. It's reasonably paced and passes the time, but you won't recall it afterwards.