Little Red Monkey (1955)
THE IMPOSSIBLE CRIME
Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London around the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who has fled the USSR. An attempt on Dushenko's life is made with a monkey's paw-print found at the scene.
- Date of release
- 1955-04-04
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Ken Hughes
Casting
- Richard Conte — Bill Locklin
- Rona Anderson — Julia Jackson
- Russell Napier — Supt. John Harrington
- Sylva Langová — Hilde Heller, chief spy
- Colin Gordon — Harry Martin - reporter
- Donald Bisset — Editor Harris
- John King-Kelly — Spy Henchman
- Bernard Rebel — Vinson - Spy Henchman
- Arnold Marlé — Prof. Leon Dushenko
- John Horsley — Det. Sgt. Gibson
- Jane Welsh — Supt. McCollum - sanitarium
- Aimée Delamain — Mrs. Henley
Interesting facts
Little Red Monkey is a 1955 British thriller film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. The screenplay was by Hughes and James Eastwood, based on the 1953 BBC Television series of the same name written by Eric Maschwitz.
Production
The film was made by Anglo-Amalgamated at Merton Park Studios, a co-production with Anglo Guild. The movie also had the involvement of Todon Productions, the company of Donna Reed and her husband Tony Owen.
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