Smokescreen (film)
| Smokescreen | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Lobby card autographed by Deryck Guyler | |
| Directed by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Produced by |
Ronald Liles John I. Phillips |
| Written by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Starring |
Peter Vaughan John Carson Yvonne Romain |
| Music by | Johnny Gregory |
| Cinematography | Jack Mills |
| Edited by | Henry Richardson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release dates | 1964 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Smokescreen is a 1964 British crime drama film, written and directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Peter Vaughan.[1]
Plot
Mr. Roper, a senior insurance investigator, travels to Brighton to assess the mysterious death of a businessman, killed when his car crashes over a cliff. The insurance company are suspicious, as the man was insured for a large amount, but no body has been found.
Cast
- Peter Vaughan as Roper
- John Carson as Trevor Bayliss
- Yvonne Romain as Janet Dexter
- Gerald Flood as Graham Turner
- Glynn Edwards as Inspector Wright
- John Glyn-Jones as Player
- Sam Kydd as Hotel waiter
- Deryck Guyler as Station master
- Penny Morrell as Helen - Turner's secretary
- David Gregory as the Smudger
- Jill Curzon as June
- Barbara Hicks as Miss Breen
- Bert Palmer as Barman
- Tom Gill as Reception clerk
- Edward Ogden as Police Sergeant
- Anthony Dawes as John Dexter
- Romo Gorrara as Taxi Driver
- Derek Francis as Dexter's doctor
- Damaris Hayman as Mrs. Roper's nurse
Critical reception
The Radio Times wrote, "this above-average programme filler has a passable plot (involving a little bit of skulduggery in suburban Brighton) that's kept moving swiftly and painlessly by director Jim O'Connolly...Vaughan plays with a dogged determination that is efficient, engaging and quite at odds with the more sinister characterisations he would essay later in his career";[2] while BFI Screenonline wrote, "an utterly charming B-film comedy-thriller that emphasises character as much as plot and makes full use of extensive location footage." [3]
External links
- Smokescreen at the Internet Movie Database
- http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1361609/synopsis.html
References
- ↑ "Smokescreen". BFI. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "Smokescreen". RadioTimes. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Smokescreen (1964)". Retrieved 17 October 2014.