Top billed cast

1. 

   Zachary Scott

   Richard Van Ness

2. 

   Robert Beatty

   Nick Talbot

3. 

   Naomi Chance

   Avril Talbot

4. 

   Kay Kendall

   Alexia LaRoche

5. 

   Colin Tapley

   Inspector Maxwell

6. 

   Arthur Lane

   Boyd Spencer

7. 

   Harold Lang

   Snell, the blackmailer

8. 

   Diane Cilento

   Jeannette

9. 

   Ian Fleming

   Mr. Talbot (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-08

After a bit of counter-play with "Van Ness" (Zachary Scott) - the brother of his girlfriend, "Nick" (Robert Beatty) sets off on a routine flight in horrid weather near the Channel Islands. The plane crashes and the ensuing police investigation starts to uncover evidence of a network of criminal activities and it falls to "Van Ness" to schmooze "Alexia" (Kay Kendall) and try to find out just who is pulling whose strings. It's all rather pedestrian, this. Scott and Kendall deliver well enough with the rather clunky script but Beatty is as wooden as his aircraft and the sense of menace that we ge...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• blackout
• pilot
• film noir