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The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 24m
CrimeMysteryThriller
⭐ 6.6
IMDB Rating
861 votes

After Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress that he had just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into a world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.

Director
Gerald Thomas
Writers
N/A
Stars
John Mills, Derek Farr, Noelle Middleton
Release Date
April 15, 1959
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
πŸ’¬ 27
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

John Mills
John Mills
as Dr. Howard Latimer
Derek Farr
Derek Farr
as Kenneth Palmer
Noelle Middleton
Noelle Middleton
as Laura James
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Maj. Harrington aka Robert Brady
Roland Culver
Roland Culver
as Detective Inspector Dane
Mervyn Johns
Mervyn Johns
as Dr. George Kimber
Rene Ray
Rene Ray
as Mrs. Ambler
Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
as Geoffrey Windsor
Lisa Daniely
Lisa Daniely
as Frieda Veldon
πŸ‘€
David Williams
as The Detective Sergeant

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Knightsbridge Underground Railway Station, Sloane Street, Knightsbridge, Westminster, Greater London, England, UK
Production
Romulus Films, Beaconsfield Productions

🏷️ Keywords

smoking in a cardiscovering a dead bodybritish noirmeeting someone at an airportlighting a cigarette

🎯 Categories

CrimeMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

My brief review of the film
by sol- β€’ 2005-12-01
6/10

"An early film from Gerald Thomas, who would later go on to dedicate his career to the Carry On comedy series, this is a very different sort of film. It is a mystery film, and in many ways archetypal, with a web of different events that an innocent man has to work his way through. It is not a brilliant film, especially in comparison to the very best of its genre that was being churned out at the time, but it does the job fairly well, with an intriguing enough plot and good application of music. It is complicated beyond credibility, and the film does not have the power to suspend one's disb..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

Final film of Rene Ray.

πŸ“– Synopsis

After Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress that he had just met at London Airport murdered in his flat, it leads him into a world of murder, blackmail and a fake passport scam.