Never Back Losers (1961)

Director:

Robert Tronson

Writers:

Lukas Heller, Edgar Wallace (novel)

Stars:

Hilda Barry, Douglas Bradley-Smith, Jacqueline Ellis

Cast

Credited cast:
Hilda Barry	...	Mrs. Sanders
Douglas Bradley-Smith	...	Carter
Jacqueline Ellis	...	Marion Parker
Tenniel Evans	...	Doctor
Derek Francis	...	R.R. Harris
Harold Goodwin	...	Floyd
Jack Hedley	...	Jim Matthews
Harry Locke	...	Burnside
Patrick Magee	...	Ben Black
Larry Martyn	...	Clive Parker
Howard Pays	...	Freddie
Larry Taylor	...	Reilly
George Tovey	...	Wally Sanders
Austin Trevor	...	Col. Warburton
Richard Warner	...	Crabtree

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1961 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Merton Park Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of a series of second feature films based on Edgar Wallace novels, released between 1960 and 1965 in British cinemas. The films were later sold to American TV and screened there as The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre.

User Reviews

The usual scheme.

A UK thriller in the American way. A private detective investigates on the accident of a jockey just after a race where he lost. And not only him, but also a bunch of guys who bet on him. Everything is predictable here, but it's not bad after all. It looks like a US piece of work, with a score adequate to the situations; little jazzy enough to keep some interest to the atmosphere. Gals, gangsters, handsome private eye snooping around, you have already seen this a billion times before, and will be after this too.

Forgettable but a pretty time waster for lonesome Sunday evenings.

I don't know the director, but I guess he made other Edgard Wallace Mystery episodes, or films.