Rent Port of Escape / Date with Disaster (1957)
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2h 17min
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Collection of two classic British crime dramas.
Port of Escape (1956)
This was Googie Withers final British film before moving to Australia with husband and co-star John McCallum. It's their skilled performances and an atmospheric treatment of the London Docks setting that give this melodrama a considerable lift. McCallum is the Aussie adventurer who accidentally kills a man while helping his mentally ill American friend (played by Bill Kerr). They commandeer a boat owned by journalist Withers, whose initial hostility gives way to love for the Australian.
Date with Disaster (1957)Two of the three partners in a garage business plan to relieve the garage of $20,000 with the help of a professional criminal (William Hartnell). The plan is carried out while senior partner Miles (Tom Drake) is away, but things go wrong for the crooks. - Actors:
- Googie Withers, John McCallum, Shirley Eaton, Hugh Pryse, Maurice Kaufmann, William Hartnell, Joan Hickson, Wendy Danielli, Bill Kerr, Tom Drake, Michael Golden, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Leonard Llewellyn, Cameron Hall, Doug Robinson, Basil Dignam, Carl Jaffe, Alexander Gauge, Richard Shaw, Charles Brodie
- Directors:
- Anthony Young, Charles Saunders
- Producers:
- Lance Comfort, Guido Coen
- Writers:
- Barbara S. Harper, Abby Mann, Anthony Young, Brock Williams
- Studio:
- Renown Pictures
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
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