CrimeMysteryThriller

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Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks.

Release Date : 1956-05-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : 20th Century FoxOdeon Entertainment

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Phillip Hannon

Original Name : Van Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean Lennox

Original Name : Vera Miles

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bob Matthews

Original Name : Cecil Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Alice MacDonald

Original Name : Patricia Laffan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Inspector Grovening

Original Name : Maurice Denham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barmaid

Original Name : Estelle Winwood

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr Murch

Original Name : Liam Redmond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Syrett

Original Name : Isobel Elsom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pillings

Original Name : Martin Benson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janet Murch

Original Name : Natalie Norwick

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sergeant Luce

Original Name : Terence de Marney

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robin Alalouf

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ashley Cowan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Arthur Gomez

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : A. Cameron Grant

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Fred Griffiths

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Walter Horsbrugh

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Janice Kane

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Keane

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lucie Lancaster

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Queenie Leonard

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Phyllis Montefiore

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Raglan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Maggie Rennie

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Stuart Saunders

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Reginald Sheffield

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Yorke Sherwood

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leslie Sketchley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Charles Stanley

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Michael Trubshawe

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Neil Wilson

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ben Wright

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

A truly pleasant surprise. Philip Hannon is a blind playwright residing in London, during one of his R&R moments at the local public house, he overhears part of a conversation that suggests the vile kidnapping of a child. Getting the police force to take him seriously proves hard to achieve, so with the help of his trusty butler and his ex fiancée, Jean Lennox, he hopes to avert a dastardly crime. Well well well, sometimes you can tune into a film not expecting much more than a B movie rush, yet just occasionally you get submarined and get a mysterious treat that deserves far better support than it actually gets. I have been delighted to log on to this films page and see that others have been entertained by this picture as much as myself. This is not ground breaking or even remotely original, in fact it does play out as some sort of cheap knock off idea that Hitchcock turned down in his sleep, but you know what? Sometimes a film can be great just for having an honest will to entertain the viewers with suspense and mystery being its main fortitudes. Henry Hathaway directs and it's just another film to prove that as up and down as his career was, he was never afraid to tackle different genres, here, with the London location totally interesting, he manages to knit it all together with impressive results. Van Johnson has his critics, and it would be foolish of me to not concur that at times he has been wooden, but here as the blind Phillip Hannon, he shows that if given good enough roles he was more than able to rise to the challenge. Not one to revisit often for sure, but seriously recommended to those who like the genre and are stuck for a good film to watch. 7/10