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Delayed Action (1954)

Genre : Crime

Runtime : 58M

Director : John Harlow
Writer : Geoffrey Orme

Synopsis

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.

Actors

Robert Ayres
Robert Ayres
Ned Ellison
June Thorburn
June Thorburn
Anne Curlew
Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Mark Cruden
Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton
Sellars
Michael Balfour
Michael Balfour
Honey
Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Berkeley
Insp. Crane
Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly
Lobb
John Horsley
John Horsley
Worsley
Olive Kirby
Olive Kirby
Angela Bentley
Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming
Dr. Jepson
Myrtle Reed
Myrtle Reed
Jackie
Dennis Chinnery
Dennis Chinnery
Bank cashier
Charles Lamb
Charles Lamb
Bank clerk

Crews

John Harlow
John Harlow
Director
Geoffrey Orme
Geoffrey Orme
Screenplay
Robert S. Baker
Robert S. Baker
Producer
Monty Berman
Monty Berman
Producer
Gerald Gibbs
Gerald Gibbs
Director of Photography
Bill Lewthwaite
Bill Lewthwaite
Editor
C. Wilfred Arnold
C. Wilfred Arnold
Art Direction
Anne Box
Anne Box
Hairstylist
Freddie Williamson
Freddie Williamson
Makeup Artist
George Fowler
George Fowler
Production Manager
Johnny Goodman
Johnny Goodman
Assistant Director
George Burgess
George Burgess
Sound Supervisor
Cecil Thornton
Cecil Thornton
Sound Recordist
Noel Rowland
Noel Rowland
Camera Operator
Gwen Endsleigh
Gwen Endsleigh
Continuity

Posters and backgrounds

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