23 passi dal delitto (1956)
Uno scrittore americano è a Londra per lavoro. L'uomo è cieco e casualmente, in un bar, coglie brani di una conversazione tra due altre persone che alludono a un imminente rapimento a scopo di estorsione. Una delle due è una donna, di cui lo scrittore coglie anche il profumo. Lei sembra riluttante, ma l'altra persona sembra in grado di ricattarla. Con questi soli indizi lo scrittore si butta a peso morto nell'indagine nel corso della quale corre anche alcuni grossi rischi.
Direttore:
Henry Hathaway
Scrittore:
Nigel Balchin
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Van Johnson as Phillip Hannon |
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Vera Miles as Jean Lennox |
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Cecil Parker as Bob Matthews |
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Patricia Laffan as Miss Alice MacDonald |
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Maurice Denham as Inspector Grovening |
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Estelle Winwood as Barmaid |
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Liam Redmond as Mr Murch |
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Isobel Elsom as Lady Syrett |
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Martin Benson as Pillings |
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Natalie Norwick as Janet Murch |
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Terence de Marney as Sergeant Luce |
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Robin Alalouf as |
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Ashley Cowan as |
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Arthur Gomez as |
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A. Cameron Grant as |
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Fred Griffiths as |
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Walter Horsbrugh as |
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Janice Kane as |
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Charles Keane as |
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Lucie Lancaster as |
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Queenie Leonard as |
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Phyllis Montefiore as |
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Robert Raglan as |
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Maggie Rennie as |
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Stuart Saunders as |
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Reginald Sheffield as |
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Yorke Sherwood as |
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Leslie Sketchley as |
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Charles Stanley as |
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Michael Trubshawe as |
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Neil Wilson as |
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Ben Wright as |
| Sound | Leigh Harline | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Nigel Balchin | Screenplay |
| Production | Henry Ephron | Producer |
| Writing | Philip MacDonald | Novel |
| Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
| Editing | James B. Clark | Editor |
| Camera | Milton Krasner | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Visual Effects | Ray Kellogg | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Maurice De Packh | Orchestrator |
| Camera | Leonard Doss | Other |
| Sound | Bernard Freericks | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Maurice Ransford | Art Direction |
| Art | Fay Babcock | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Directing | Edmond F. Bernoudy | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travilla | Costume Design |