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Man on the Cliff

Man on the Cliff

1955Short⏱️ 24m
ShortDrama
5.1
IMDB Rating
9 votes

A man regains consciousness to somewhere on the edge of a cliff near Brighton. Fearing he is a missing scientist wanted by the police he swaps identity with a dead man he finds at the bottom of the cliffs.

Director
Robert Hartford-Davis
Writers
Edwin J. Fancey, Maxwell Munden
Stars
Russell Carr, J. Harvey, Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Russell Carr
as Hotel Porter
👤
J. Harvey
as Police Officer
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
as John Tilling
👤
Billie Love
as Mrs. Tilling
👤
Adrienne Scott
as Hotel Receptionist

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Production
E.J. Fancey Productions

🏷️ Keywords

amnesiaflashbackmemoryattempted murderidentification papers

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Well, That Was Pointless
by boblipton2024-11-24
4/10

"In this twenty-three-minute short, Ronald Leigh-Hunt wakes on the cliff of a seaside resort with a corpse next to him and a case of amnesia. Thinking he may be a murder, he steals the corpse's identity paper and walks into town, where the papers are going on about a missing nuclear scientist. It's a typical cheap production from sleazy producer E. J. Fancey. He wrote the screenplay from Maxwell Munden's short story, hired performers like his daughter Adrienne and the director's daughter, and had them shoot much of it wild, with Leigh-Hunt telling the story through its rath..."

💡 Did You Know?

The hotel receptionist billed as Adrienne Scott was actually the producer's daughter Adrienne Fancey.

📖 Synopsis

A man regains consciousness to somewhere on the edge of a cliff near Brighton. Fearing he is a missing scientist wanted by the police he swaps identity with a dead man he finds at the bottom of the cliffs.