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CrimeThrillerMystery

Blackout

- EXPLODES...in a sinister network of evil!

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.

Release Date : 1954-03-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Blackout

Cast

Dane Clark

Character Name : Casey Morrow

Original Name : Dane Clark

Gender : Male

Belinda Lee

Character Name : Phyllis Brunner

Original Name : Belinda Lee

Gender : Female

Betty Ann Davies

Character Name : Mrs. Alicia Brunner

Original Name : Betty Ann Davies

Gender : Female

Eleanor Summerfield

Character Name : Margaret 'Maggie' Doone

Original Name : Eleanor Summerfield

Gender : Female

Andrew Osborn

Character Name : Lance Gordon

Original Name : Andrew Osborn

Gender : Male

Harold Lang

Character Name : Travis / Victor Vanno

Original Name : Harold Lang

Gender : Male

Jill Melford

Character Name : Miss Nardis

Original Name : Jill Melford

Gender : Female

Alvys Maben

Character Name : Lita Huntley (as Alvis Maben)

Original Name : Alvys Maben

Gender : Female

Michael Golden

Character Name : Inspector Johnson

Original Name : Michael Golden

Gender : Male

Nora Gordon

Character Name : Casey's Mother

Original Name : Nora Gordon

Gender : Female

Alfie Bass

Character Name : Ernie

Original Name : Alfie Bass

Gender : Male

Cleo Laine

Character Name : Singer (uncredited)

Original Name : Cleo Laine

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-01-03

As was common in the fifties, a jobbing American B-lister was brought over to add a bit of box office to a mid-budget British crime thriller. This time it was Dane Clark who portrays the down at heel "Morrow". In a bar he meets the glamorous "Phyllis Brunner" (Belinda Lee) who gets him a bit drunk then offers him £500 to marry her. Perhaps unsurprisingly, he acquiesces to this perfectly reasonable demand from a women he had known for four hours (?!) but gets quite a shock when he wakes up next day, somewhat thick headed, in an artist's studio covered in blood. Whose blood? It does not take him long to discover that his brand new father-in-law was murdered less that 12 hours earlier and that he is the prime suspect. Can he fathom out what happened before the police hear - and obviously don't believe - his story? Clark is actually not bad, here, but the plot is far too unnecessarily complicated - it could easily trip over it's own cloak and stab itself with it's own dagger - and that rather robs it of any punch. It's also really quite slow, too - quite a few scenes that add little and further decelerate the story. Not bad, but too long and never something you will remember watching.