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The Secret Partner ()


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A wealthy London-based shipping magnate is blackmailed by an evil dentist which threatens to reveal an old case of fraud, while the dentist himself is threatened by a mysterious masked man.

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John Brent aka John Wilson
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Nicole 'Nikki' Brent
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Det. Supt. Frank Hanbury
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Charles Standish
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Det. Insp. Tom Henderson
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Helen Standish
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Dr. Alan Richford
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Clive Lang
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Ralph Beldon
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Strakarios
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Lyle
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Brinton
George Tovey ...
Vickers
Sidney Vivian ...
Dock Foreman (as Sydney Vivian)
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Man in Soho Street
Colette Wilde ...
Jeanne, Girl in Car
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Hotel Keeper
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P.C. McLaren
Joy Wood ...
Maggie, Brent's Secretary
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Miss Kerrigan, Dentist's Receptionist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Beckett ...
Detective Jackson - Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Beradi ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Peter Evans ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ernest Fennemore ...
Police Driver (uncredited)
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Constable Hill (uncredited)
Arthur Howell ...
Policeman at HQ (uncredited)
Colin McKenzie ...
Policeman at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
Charles Rayford ...
Seaman Being Inoculated (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
John Wilder ...
Party Guest (uncredited)

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Basil Dearden

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David Pursall ... (original screenplay) and
Jack Seddon ... (original screenplay)

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Michael Relph ... producer

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Philip Green

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Harry Waxman ... (photographed by)

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Raymond Poulton

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Ernie Grimsdale ... assembly editor (uncredited)
John Grover ... assistant editor (uncredited)

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Irene Howard ... (uncredited)

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Elliot Scott

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Alan Withy

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Alice Holmes ... hair stylist
Bob Lawrance ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Basil Somner ... production manager

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George Pollock ... assistant director
Ernie Lewis ... third assistant director (uncredited)
Ted Wallis ... second assistant director (uncredited)

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Reg Bream ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Bill Isaacs ... prop buyer (uncredited)
John Jarvis ... set dresser (uncredited)

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Norman Savage ... dubbing editor
J.B. Smith ... dubbing mixer
Gerry Turner ... sound recordist
A.W. Watkins ... recording supervisor

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Tom Howard ... photographic effects

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Ernest Day ... camera operator
Chic Anstiss ... focus puller (uncredited)
Davis Boulton ... still photographer (uncredited)
Wally Wheatley ... grip (uncredited)

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Felix Evans ... wardrobe supervisor
Dolly Smith ... wardrobe mistress (uncredited)

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Philip Green ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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June Faithfull ... continuity

Additional Crew

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Robert Porter ... stand-in (uncredited)
Midge Warnes ... production secretary (uncredited)
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Taglines So Perfect a Crime...So Clever a Criminal! So Dangerous a Scheme! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Liars (United Kingdom)
  • Scotland Yard contre X (France)
  • La tercera llave (Spain)
  • El socio secreto (Mexico)
  • Den hemmelige partner (Denmark)
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  • 91 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The IV anesthetic that causes one to taste garlic (or onions) is sodium thiopental (aka by its trade name Sodium Pentothal). See more »
Goofs The combination to the safe that we are told is L7, R9, R8, R3, L2, L2, but in the closeups of the dial, it moves back and forth across the entire 100 digit range, and ends at about 90. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Dance, Little Children (1961). See more »

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