Postmark for Danger (1955)
Portrait of Alison (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Approved
- 1h 24min
- Crime, Drama
- 18 Jan 1956 (USA)
- Movie
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Cast
| Robert Beatty | ... |
Tim Forrester
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| Terry Moore | ... |
Alison Ford
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| William Sylvester | ... |
Dave Forrester
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| Geoffrey Keen | ... |
Inspector Colby
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| Josephine Griffin | ... |
Jill Stewart
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| Allan Cuthbertson | ... |
Henry Carmichael
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| Henry Oscar | ... |
John Smith
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| William Lucas | ... |
Reg Dorking
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| Terence Alexander | ... |
Fenby
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Stuart Saunders | ... |
Sgt. Haines
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Bruno Barnabe | ... |
Italian Detective
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Raymond Francis | ... |
Police Inspector - Interpol Division
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| Marianne Stone | ... |
Receptionist
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| Sam Kydd | ... |
Bill, the Telephone Engineer
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Jack McNaughton | ... |
Caretaker
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| Neil Wilson | ... |
Dorking's Customer
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| Andreas Malandrinos | ... |
Hotel Porter
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Gerald Andersen | ... |
Police Doctor (uncredited)
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Eric Corrie | ... |
Pilot (uncredited)
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Rex Garner | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Reginald Hearne | ... |
Police Forensic Officer (uncredited)
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Jack Howarth | ... |
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
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Arthur Howell | ... |
Police Driver (uncredited)
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| Hal Osmond | ... |
Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
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Joe Phelps | ... |
Ambulanceman (uncredited)
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| Robert Raglan | ... |
Police Forensic Officer (uncredited)
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| Frank Thornton | ... |
Jack (Police Photographer) (uncredited)
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John Warren | ... |
Postman (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Guy Green | ||
Written by
| Ken Hughes | ... | (adapted for the screen by) & |
| Guy Green | ... | (adapted for the screen by) |
| Francis Durbridge | ... | (from an original story by) |
Produced by
| Frank Godwin | ... | producer |
| Tony Owen | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| John Veale | ||
Cinematography by
| Wilkie Cooper | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Peter Taylor | ||
Art Direction by
| Ray Simm | ||
Makeup Department
| George Claff | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Edward Joseph | ... | production manager (as Teddy Joseph) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| David W. Orton | ... | assistant director (as David Orton) |
Art Department
| Olga Lehmann | ... | portraits |
Sound Department
| Alfred Cox | ... | sound editor |
| Len Page | ... | sound recordist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Alan Hume | ... | camera operator |
Music Department
| Philip Martell | ... | musical director |
Script and Continuity Department
| Beryl Booth | ... | continuity |
Additional Crew
| Nat Cohen | ... | presenter: implied/presenter also |
| Stuart Levy | ... | presenter: implied/presenter also |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (1955) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (as Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Limited)
- RKO Radio Pictures (1956) (United States) (theatrical)
- Reel Media International (2004) (United States) (video)
- Reel Media International (2007) (United States)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Anvil Films (re-recorded by)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
A car plunging over a cliff kills its two occupants identified as newspaperman Lewis Forrester and actress Alison Ford (Terry Moore). Surviving Lewis are his two brothers, Tim (Robert Beatty), a portrait painter, and Dave (William Sylvester), a pilot. Scotland Yard discovers that Lewis' death was engineered by a gang of international diamond smugglers he was about to expose. Before he died, he had sent someone in London a post card with a sketch of a woman's hand holding a Chianti bottle. Alison's father, John Smith (Henry Oscar) commissions Tim to paint her portrait from a photograph. While Tim is out, the supposedly-dead Alison enters his studio, but flees when she finds the body of Jill Stewart (Josephine Griffin), Tim's favorite model. Scotland Yard Inspector Colby (Geoffrey Kene) suspects Tim because whatever alibi evidence Tim presents vanishes before the Inspector can confirm it. Reg Dorking (William Lucas), a used-car dealer tries to blackmail Tim, offering the post card sent by Lewis. Alison surprises Tim in his studio with the news that the girl killed with Lewis must have been a hitch-hiker, as she had left the car before the crash upset because Lewis had charged her father as being part of the diamond-smuggling ring. She finds her father and he confesses to being as charged. In a phone call with a man named Nightingale, he says he is through with the ring, but leaps to his death when Alison leaves. Tim gets possession of the post card after a brutal fight with his brother Dave, who confesses he is in the gang also. He turns the card over to Scotland Yard who discover it is a list of the smugglers written in invisible ink. Alison goes to Tim's studio where she surprises Nightingale who begins to strangle her.
Written by Les Adams |
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| Taglines | Again the handwriting of the postcard killer! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | William Lucas played the same role in the 1955 TV serial. See more » |
| Goofs | The layout of the hotel where Mr. Smith is staying is not consistent with his death. If the stairs leading to his floor end in a direction towards the rear of the building, then his room faced the rear and he could not have fallen out onto the front sidewalk. If the stairs leading to his floor loop around again and end facing the front, his room would have been in the opposite direction from where he fell on the sidewalk. See more » |
| Movie Connections | References Laura (1944). See more » |
| Quotes |
Fenby:
He was a good scout Lewis, everybody liked him. Tim Forrester: Evidently somebody didn't. See more » |