An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.
Robert Percival
- Charles Dexter
- (as Robert Perceval)
Ronnie Stevens
- Simpson
- (as Ronald Stevens)
Frank Forsyth
- Jeweller
- (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
- Convict Being Released From Prison
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film was never shown theatrically in the USA; its earliest documented telecast took place in Los Angeles Tuesday 7 September 1954 on KNXT (Channel 2); it first aired in New York City Friday 29 October 1954 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Indianapolis Thursday 2 December 1954 on WISH (Channel 8), and in San Francisco Wednesday 8 December 1954 on KRON (Channel 4).
- ConnectionsReferences Little Annie Rooney (1925)
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The Women Take Charge
Griffith Jones is released from prison. Waiting in a convertible is snazzy blonde Zena Marshall, who's looking for a man like him. Her husband is being blackmailed and she wants someone to break into the blackmailer's apartment and steal the incriminating letter. Here's fifty pounds and show up at our apartment later to discuss the details. Jones agrees, and then goes to the insurance agency he works for. He reports to his new boss, Hazel Court, where the loot he went into prison undercover to locate is, tells her to get his fingerprints and record erased before it becomes annoying, and kisses her.
When he gets to the meeting, Miss Marshall gives him a drink. He falls asleep and wakes to discover a dead brunette. He flees, investigates, and reports occasionally to Miss Court, mostly to flirt and inform the audience what is going on.
It's not a particularly deep B movie, but it moves at a good pace, with efficient direction by Charles Saunders and workmanlike black&white camerawork by Hone Glendinning -- I'm more used to his Technicolor work for James Fitzpatrick's TRAVELTALK series for MGM. There's little in this movie that will astonish anyone. It is simply another unassuming second feature that gets its story told in an hour. Good enough.
When he gets to the meeting, Miss Marshall gives him a drink. He falls asleep and wakes to discover a dead brunette. He flees, investigates, and reports occasionally to Miss Court, mostly to flirt and inform the audience what is going on.
It's not a particularly deep B movie, but it moves at a good pace, with efficient direction by Charles Saunders and workmanlike black&white camerawork by Hone Glendinning -- I'm more used to his Technicolor work for James Fitzpatrick's TRAVELTALK series for MGM. There's little in this movie that will astonish anyone. It is simply another unassuming second feature that gets its story told in an hour. Good enough.
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- Language
- Also known as
- I edderkoppens skygge
- Filming locations
- Wandsworth Prison, Heathfield Road, London, England, UK(Laura parks opposite the prison in Heathfield Avenue)
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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