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18/12/1951 Drama 1h 33m
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Overview

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.

  1. Anthony Kimmins

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Mills

    Tom Denning

  2. Phyllis Calvert

    Kay Denning

  3. Eileen Moore

    Liz Denning

  4. Sam Wanamaker

    Chick Eddowes

  5. Herbert Lom

    Mados

  6. Raymond Huntley

    Wright

  7. Bernard Lee

    Inspector Dodds

  8. Russell Waters

    Harry Stoper

  9. Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Woods

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2017-01-03
The Denning Desperation.

Mr. Denning Drives North is directed by Anthony Kimmins and adapted to screenplay from his own novel by Alec Coppel. It stars John Mills, Phyliss Calvert, Eileen Moore, Sam Wannamaker and Herbert Lom. Music is by Benjamin Frankel and cinematography by John Wilcox.

A splendid collage of murder mystery, noir and thriller - with a slice of Hitchcockian black humour thrown in for good measure, Kimmins' film deserves to be better known. Plot finds Mills as the Mr. Denning of the title, who after accidentally killing what he believes to be his daughter's unscrupulous b...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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