The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy BoultingDirector
- Roy BoultingWriter
- Nigel BalchinScreenplay
- John BoultingDirector
Cast
- Tony BrittonDr. Robert Marriott
- Virginia MaskellDr. Lucy Byrne
- Ian BannenAlan Andrews
- Kenneth GriffithDr Shole
- Peter CushingProfessor Sewell
- Thorley WaltersSpecial Agent Prince
- Donald PleasenceParsons, alias Bill Brown
- Spike MilliganArthur, lab orderly
- Raymond HuntleySir George Gatting the Minister of Defense
- Sam KyddSlater
- Anthony BoothParkin
- Basil DignamDr Childs