Author
공군 출신의 리처드 블래니는 일하던 술집에서 해고되자 친구 밥 러스크에게 신세 한탄을 늘어놓는다. 리처드는 결혼 중개소를 운영하는 전 부인 브렌다를 찾아가는데, 두 사람은 또 다투고 만다. 그런데 리처드가 브렌다를 만나고 간 후 브렌다가 살해된 채 발견된다. 브렌다가 일련의 연쇄 살인의 피해자들과 같은 방법으로 참혹하게 살해되자 경찰은 리처드를 연쇄 살인범으로 보고 그를 뒤쫓는다. 할리우드에서 활동하던 히치콕이 아주 오랜만에 영국으로 돌아와 만든 스릴러.
Writer
Paul Maxwell plays Craig Owen, an incarcerated criminal whose cellmate holds the secret to the valuable contents within a safe deposit box. When the cellmate dies, Owen breaks out of jail in search of the stash. Unable to open the box, the fugitive abducts Linda (Felicity Young), the dead man's daughter. Tension mounts as the girl plays for time to prevent her own demise.
Novel
Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and Garry Marsh. It is perhaps most notable for an early film appearance of Sid James, later to find success through the Carry On series.
Novel
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
Novel
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
