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03/01/1955 Crime, Drama 1h 4m
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Overview

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

  1. Douglas Peirce

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Reynolds

    Rex Banner

  2. Honor Blackman

    Maxine Banner

  3. Gordon Jackson

    Peter J. Florian

  4. Michael Balfour

    Sammy

  5. Valerie Vernon

    Lola Meyerling

  6. Katie Johnson

    Mrs. Bissett

  7. Peter Neil

    Inspector Johnson

  8. Laurie Main

    Willie Summit

  9. Peter Swanwick

    Julius Meyerling

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14
When it looks like newspaper man "Rex Banner" (Peter Reynolds) is being framed for a murder, he and his wife "Maxine" (Honor Blackman) must try to find out just what happened and who might want to frame him! It's a rather messy detective yarn with one too many red herrings and some pretty mediocre writing. Blackman stands out but that isn't hard, and Gordon Jackson really ought to have read the script before he took the part of "Florian". Katie Johnson ("Miss Bissett") steals the show, but features way too infrequently to rescue this bog-standard afternoon feature from the well trodden path of...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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