The Marked One

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The Marked One
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Directed by Francis Searle
Written by Paul Erickson
Produced byTom Blakeley
Starring William Lucas
Zena Walker
Patrick Jordan
CinematographyFrank Kingston
Edited by Jim Connock
Music byBernie Fenton
Frank Patten
Production
company
Planet Film Productions
Distributed byPlanet Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Marked One is a 1963 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring William Lucas, Zena Walker and Patrick Jordan. [2] It was written by Paul Erickson. An ex-con's daughter is kidnapped by a blackmailer.

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Plot summary

Truck driver Don Mason is an ex-con who served time for involvement in a forgery racket, and is now trying to go straight. A blackmailer demands the plates used in the forgery, threatening Mason's wife and kidnapping their child.

Cast

Production

The film was made at MGM Studios, Borehamwood. [1]

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "Spot-the-blackmailer crime thriller, quite neatly built but sleazy and slackly motivated (why is everyone so crassly opposed to going to the police?). The direction is nondescript; William Lucas, Zena Walker and Brian Nissen act well despite stereotyped roles." [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 68. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "The Marked One". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. "The Marked One". Monthly Film Bulletin . 20 (348): 119. 1 January 1963 via ProQuest.