Suspected Person (1942)

An innocent man discovers the money stolen from an American bank and is then chased by the robbers and by the Police.

Director:

Lawrence Huntington

Writer:

Lawrence Huntington (story)

Stars:

Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc, David Farrar

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clifford Evans	...	James Raynor
Patricia Roc	...	Joan Raynor
David Farrar	...	Inspector Thompson
Anne Firth	...	Carol Martin
Robert Beatty	...	Louis Franklin
Eric Clavering	...	Roxy Dolan
Leslie Perrins	...	Tony Garrett
Eliot Makeham	...	Davis
John Salew	...	Jones
William Hartnell	...	Detective Saunders (as Billy Hartnell)

Storyline

An innocent man discovers the money stolen from an American bank and is then chased by the robbers and by the Police.

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Plot Keywords:

wrongly accused | bank robbery | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

June 1942 (UK)

Also Known As:

Es geht um 50.000 Dollar

Filming Locations:

Welwyn Studios, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is one of about three dozen British films picked up by CBS in 1949 for USA television presentation. Its initial telecasts took place in Cincinnati Thursday 11 August 1949 on WCPO (Channel 7), in Chicago Saturday 27 August 1949 on WGN (Channel 9, in New York City Saturday 19 November 1949 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Los Angeles Monday 28 November 1949 on KLAC (Channel 13), and in Boston Sunday 26 March 1950 on WNAC (Channel 7).

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Soundtracks

Every Night at Seven
Composed by Harry Parr Davies
Lyric by Barbara Gordon and Basil Thomas

User Reviews

Clifford Evans dodges gangsters and Scotland Yard

Almost a template for many of the British 'B' crime movies of the Fifties, this has Raynor (Clifford Evans) returning to England with the proceeds of a bank heist, pursued by two American gangsters he has double crossed. Another who was in on the robbery is shot in the first scene, which was a relief to me as I could scarcely understand a word he was saying. Raynor is taken in by his sister (Patricia Roc) with Scotland Yard soon in pursuit of the loot as well. Her third film, this was a major opportunity for Roc, and she took it with both hands, giving a strong performance, as well as notice she was on her way to being a major star.

This is fast-moving, and with moments of humour, it holds attention throughout. Patricia Roc's biographer, Michael Hodgson, recounts how Lawrence Huntington had a huge model of part of Euston station constructed in the studio, probably the reason why production values seem skimped in some other scenes. Though not an obvious choice for leading man in a film of this type, Clifford Evans does a good job and David Farrar, another star on the way up, is ideal as the man from the Yard.