Double Confession (1950)Director:Ken Annakin |
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Double Confession (1950)Director:Ken Annakin |
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Derek Farr | ... |
Jim Medway
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Joan Hopkins | ... |
Ann Corday
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| Peter Lorre | ... |
Paynter
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| William Hartnell | ... |
Charlie Durham
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Naunton Wayne | ... |
Inspector Tenby
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Ronald Howard | ... |
Hilary Boscombe
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Kathleen Harrison | ... |
Kate
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Leslie Dwyer | ... |
Leonard
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Edward Rigby | ... |
The Fisherman
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George Woodbridge | ... |
Sergeant Swanton
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Henry Edwards | ... |
Man in the Shelter
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Vida Hope | ... |
Madam Zilia
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Esma Cannon | ... |
Madame Cleo
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Mona Washbourne | ... |
Fussy Mother
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Jennifer Cross | ... |
Fussy Mother's Child
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Graham Greene's "Brighton Rock" seems to have been the inspiration for this intriguing but not very coherent suspense story about murder and sundry underworld goings-on at a seaside resort. The narrative gets stuck somewhere between conventional English murder mystery and American-style noir and just never loosens up, and the sight of all those British holiday-makers lounging around on the beach in long dresses and tweed suits just sums up the ludicrous uptightness that plagues the whole concept. Peter Lorre is brought in to jazz up the proceedings in a rather daring role as a henchman who clearly appears to be carrying a torch for his villainous (male) employer.