Ricochet (1963 film)

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Ricochet
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Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Written by
Produced by Jack Greenwood
Starring
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Derek Holding
Music by Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
March 1963
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Ricochet is a 1963 British crime film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Maxine Audley, Richard Leech and Alex Scott. [1] Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on the 1922 novel The Angel of Terror . [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Ricochet (1963)". BFI. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
  2. Goble p.486
  3. "The Edgar Wallace Mysteries: Ricochet (1963)". Radio Times.

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