The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
19 audience votes
Key crew
- Wendy ToyeDirector
- James MathewsScreenplay
- Francis DurbridgeScreenplay
- Clifton ParkerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John JustinPhilip Chance
- Margaret LeightonHelen Teckman
- Duncan LamontDetective Inspector Hilton
- Raymond HuntleyMaurice Miller
- Meier TzelnikerJohn Rice
- Roland CulverDetective Inspector-Major Harris
- Michael MedwinMartin Teckman
- Jane WenhamRuth Wade
- George CoulourisAndrew Garvin
- Harry LockeLeonard
- Warwick AshtonThe Detective Sergeant
- Andreas MalandrinosSmall Waiter
Stills
Themes
englandamateur detectivemurdermissing personwoman directorvictim's sistervictim's wife