The Renown Pictures Crime Collection: Vol.8 (1966)
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A collection of 11 intriguing British crime films, ranging from 1944 to 1966.
The Girl on the Pier (1953)
Director: Lance Comfort. This British crime film shot in 1950's Brighton depicts rivalry between a crooner who has done time for robbery and his partner in crime who is being blackmailed for a share of the loot. Cast: Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes and Campbell Singer.
The Scarlet Web (1954)
British crime film, director Charles Saunders. An insurance investigator agrees to help a woman who is being blackmailed. Cast: Griffith Jones, Hazel Court and Zena Marshall.
The Listener (1956)Director: Roy Kellino. An episode from the TV series Four Star Theatre starring: Ida Lupino, Ralph Moody, Walter Coy and Richard Lupino.
Crime Without Clues (1948)
Directed by Charles Reisner. Can reporter Mike Kent prevent more deaths while he tries to resolve a sinister plot to steal a fortune in jewels? Cast: Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser and Leslie Brooks.
Vacant Possession (1966)
A formerly 'lost' British short, directed by Peter Moffatt. Cast: Daphne Heard, Brian Murphy, Geoffrey Hinsliff, John J. Carney, Julie Lynton, Elizabeth Wallace, Richard Gale and Frederick Peisley.
The Way Out (1955) AKA Dial 999
Montgomery Tully directed and wrote this British crime drama in which a man tells his wife he is being framed for murder. Cast: John Bentley, Sydney Tafler, Gene Nelson, Mona Freeman and Michael Goodliffe.
Escape by Night (1953)
Written and directed by John Gilling. Cast: Bonar Colleano, Sid James, Andrew Ray, Ted Ray, Simone Silva and Patrick Barr.
Colonel March Investigates (1953)
British crime film made from three pilot episodes of Colonel March of Scotland Yard, directed by Cy Endfield. Cast: Boris Karloff, Richard Wattis and Joan Sims.
The Crooked Sky (1957)
This British crime drama directed by Henry Cass centres on a smuggling racket between London and the US. Cast: Wayne Morris, Karin Booth and Anton Diffring.
Piccadilly Third Stop (1960)
This fast-paced British thriller is directed by Wolf Rilla. Cast: Yoko Tani, Terence Morgan, Mai Zetterling and William Hartnell.
Seven Doors to Death (1944)
Directed by Elmer Clifton. An architect studies the doors of six shops and an apartment house to solve a gem theft and double murder. Cast: Chick Chandler, June Clyde and George Meeker.- Actors:
- Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Charles Victor, Marjorie Rhodes, Campbell Singer, Eileen Moore, Brian Roper, Anthony Valentine, Steve Conway, Raymond James, Joe Cunningham, W. Thorp Deverreux, Diana Wilding, Griffith Jones, Ralph Moody, Sheila Ryan, Herbert Heyes, Daphne Heard, Elizabeth Wallace, Sydney Tafler
- Directors:
- Montgomery Tully, Henry Cass, Lance Comfort, Charles Reisner, John Gilling, Roy Kellino, Wolf Rilla, Charles Saunders, Peter Moffat, Cy Endfield, Elmer Clifton
- Writers:
- Guy Morgan
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
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