Delayed Action (1954)
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
- Date of release
- 1954-07-01
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 58m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- John Harlow
Casting
- Robert Ayres — Ned Ellison
- June Thorburn — Anne Curlew
- Alan Wheatley — Mark Cruden
- Bruce Seton — Sellars
- Michael Balfour — Honey
- Ballard Berkeley — Insp. Crane
- Michael Kelly — Lobb
- John Horsley — Worsley
- Olive Kirby — Angela Bentley
- Ian Fleming — Dr. Jepson
- Myrtle Reed — Jackie
- Dennis Chinnery — Bank cashier
Interesting facts
Delayed Action is a 1954 British second feature ('B') film noir mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley. It was written by Geoffrey Orme, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for Kenilworth Film Productions and released by General Film Distributors.
Production
It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.
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