High Treason

High Treason (1951)

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

Date of release
1951-11-13
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
Roy Boulting

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

High Treason is a 1951 British spy thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Liam Redmond, Anthony Bushell and André Morell. It was written by Boulting and Frank Harvey. It is a sequel to Seven Days to Noon (1950), co-directed by Boulting and John Boulting.

Production

The film was based on an idea of producer Paul Soskin, who owned Conqueror Films. According to Roy Boutling the film was originally called First Spy, Second Front. Soskin approached Roy Boulting who said he "pointed out that the war was over, that a more topical ‘thriller’ could be taken from the headlines of any newspaper any day of the week. He solemnly picked up a morning daily. I, with equal solemnity, seized on a headline. He agreed.

The story was inspired by a real incident in July 1950 where ammunition barges bound for Korea blew up in Portsmouth, allegedly as a result of sabotage.

The movie was part financed with a loan from the National Film Finance Corporation.

Other titles for the film were I Spy Strangers, Secret Plan X23 and Sabotage.

Filming started 15 January 1951 at Pinewood Studios, with three weeks on location at Battersea Power Station. There was a great deal of secrecy about the story during production.

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