Drama

Dangerous Afternoon

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

Release Date : 1961-05-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Bryanston FilmsTheatrecraft

Production Country :

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Miss Letty Frost / Irma Randall

Original Name : Ruth Dunning

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Louisa Sprule

Original Name : Nora Nicholson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Freda Maybury

Original Name : Joanna Dunham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jack Loring

Original Name : Howard Pays

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Burge

Original Name : May Hallatt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jean Berry / Jean Hinton

Original Name : Gwenda Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reverend Everard Porson

Original Name : Ian Colin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Caroline Cassell

Original Name : Gladys Henson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Judson

Original Name : Barbara Everest

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doctor Spalding

Original Name : Max Brimmell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sir Phillip Morstan

Original Name : James Raglan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Craven

Original Name : Trevor Reid

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Caldwell

Original Name : Elizabeth Begley

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Roberts

Original Name : Diana Chesney

Gender : Female

Character Name : George Burling / Ned Barrett

Original Name : Jerold Wells

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Brown, the Chemist

Original Name : Richard McNeff

Gender : Male

Character Name : Girl Assistant at Chemist

Original Name : Jan Miller

Gender : Female

Character Name : Maisie

Original Name : Jackie Noble

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Millett

Original Name : Edna Morris

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joan Mason

Original Name : Deirdre Clarke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bunch

Original Name : Arlene Butler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim

Original Name : Brian Weske

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pug

Original Name : Roddy Maude-Roxby

Gender : Male

Character Name : Peter

Original Name : John Line

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Sergeant Morris

Original Name : Frank Sieman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constable Kemp

Original Name : Keith Smith

Gender : Male

Character Name : Inspector Bartlett

Original Name : Frank Hawkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Hewson

Original Name : Barry Wilsher

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-05-29

"Miss Frost" (Ruth Dunning), confined to a wheelchair, runs a guest house for ladies who - like her - have a bit of a criminal past. They all rub along well enough, pilfering from each other and generally goading and provoking until their landlady learns that one of her erstwhile associates has been released from Her Majesty's pleasure and is likely to want to come visit! The outwardly vulnerable "Frost" is no pushover and lays a trap... It's quite a disarmingly effective little crime drama this. The supporting cast provide just enough of an amiable smokescreen to facilitate a decent performance from Dunning as the quite ruthless and calculating invalid. The ending is a wee bit contrived but there is quite a confessional with the vicar at the denouement. The production is all pretty basic and it's maybe not got the most alluring of titles for a film, but at just over the hour, I found it quite watchable.