Blood Orange (1953)
Was This The Perfect Crime?
Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.
- Date of release
- 1953-10-10
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (9)
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- Terence Fisher
Casting
- Tom Conway — Tom Conway, Private Investigator
- Mila Parély — Helen Pascall
- Naomi Chance — Gina, a model
- Eric Pohlmann — Mr. Mercedes
- Andrew Osborn — Capt. Colin Simpson
- Richard Wattis — Detective Inspector MacLeod
- Margaret Halstan — Lady Marchant
- Eileen Way — Mme. Fernande
- Michael Ripper — Eddie
- Betty Cooper — Miss Betty, Showroom Mistress
- Thomas Heathcote — Detective Sgt. Jessup
- Alan Rolfe — Inspector
Interesting facts
Blood Orange is a 1953 British crime drama directed by Terence Fisher and starring Tom Conway and Mila Parély. The screenplay was by Jan Read. J. Elder Wills was art director, Phil Leakey Makeup, and Jimmy Sangster was assistant director. Filming began on March 16, 1953, and the film was released on Oct. 10, 1953. Most reviewers commented on how uneventful the film was, which is surprising given its extremely complex plot.
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