Deadly Record

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Deadly Record
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Original British quad poster
Directed byLawrence Huntington
Screenplay byVivian A. Cox
Lawrence Huntington
Produced byVivian A. CoxJulian Wintle
Leslie Parkyn
StarringLee Patterson
Barbara Shelley
Jane Hylton
Peter Dyneley
Geoffrey Keen
John Paul
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byEric Boyd-Perkins
Music byNeville Mcgrah
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • June 1959 (1959-06) (UK)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Deadly Record is a 1959 British second feature[1] crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, starring Lee Patterson and Barbara Shelley.[2] It was written by Vivian A. Cox and Huntington based on the 1958 novel by Nina Warner Hooke.[3] It aired in the US in the Kraft Mystery Theatre TV series.[4]

When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime.

Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine whodunit of the most familiar kind, but with a commodious bag of suspects and an air of brisk efficiency."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar plot at least moves with pace and confidence."[6]

DVD Beaver wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes."[7]

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