Deadly Record | |
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Directed by | Lawrence Huntington |
Screenplay by | Vivian A. Cox Lawrence Huntington |
Produced by | Vivian A. CoxJulian Wintle Leslie Parkyn |
Starring | Lee Patterson Barbara Shelley Jane Hylton Peter Dyneley Geoffrey Keen John Paul |
Cinematography | Eric Cross |
Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
Music by | Neville Mcgrah |
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Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Deadly Record is a 1959 British second feature [1] crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, starring Lee Patterson and Barbara Shelley. [2] It was written by Vivian A. Cox and Huntington based on the 1958 novel by Nina Warner Hooke. [3] It aired in the US in the Kraft Mystery Theatre TV series. [4]
When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine whodunit of the most familiar kind, but with a commodious bag of suspects and an air of brisk efficiency." [5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar plot at least moves with pace and confidence." [6]
DVD Beaver wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes." [7]
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