The Long Knife (1958)
Swift...silent...deadly...the weapon of a cold ruthless killer!
Young nurse Jill Holden gets involved with an extortion gang targeting Mrs Cheam, one of her patients. When Mrs. Cheam is murdered, Jill becomes a suspect and must clear her name.
- Date of release
- 1958-08-01
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Montgomery Tully
Casting
- Joan Rice — Jill Holden
- Sheldon Lawrence — Ross Waters
- Dorothy Brewster — Angela Speakman
- Ellen Pollock — Mrs. Cheam
- Victor Brooks — Superintendent Leigh
- Alan Tilvern — Peter Lang
- Cecil Brock — Tony Speakman
- Alan Keith — Dr. Ian Probus
- Arthur Gomez — Sgt. Bowles
- Deidre Day — Ella
- Kenneth Midwood — Mobile Police Sergeant
- Joe Gibbons — Brooks
Interesting facts
The Long Knife is a 1958 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence and Victor Brooks. It was written by Ian Stuart Black based on the 1956 novel of the same title by Leslie Truss.
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