Deadly_Record

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Deadly Record

1959 film

Deadly Record is a 1959 British second feature[1] crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, starring Lee Patterson and Barbara Shelley.[2] It was based on the novel by Nina Warner Hooke.[3] It aired in the US as part of the Kraft Mystery Theatre.[4]

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Plot

When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine whodunit of the most familiar kind, but with a commodious bag of suspects and an air of brisk efficiency."[5]

DVD Beaver wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes."[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. [2]
    "Deadly Record". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    Gifford, Denis (April 1, 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    Stars of Mystery The Washington Post and Times-Herald 21 June 1961: C8.
  5. [5]
    "Deadly Record". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 88. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
  6. [6]
    "Deadly Record - Lee Patterson". www.dvdbeaver.com.


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