A Killer Walks is a 1952 British film noir directed by Ronald Drake and starring Laurence Harvey, Trader Faulkner and Susan Shaw.[2][3]
A Killer Walks | |
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Directed by | Ronald Drake |
Written by | Ronald Drake |
Based on | novel Envy My Simplicity by Rayner Barton play Gathering Storm by Gordon Glennon[1] |
Produced by | John Ainsworth Ronald Drake |
Starring | Laurence Harvey Trader Faulkner Susan Shaw Laurence Naismith |
Cinematography | Jack Asher Phil Grindrod |
Edited by | John Dunsford |
Music by | Eric Spear |
Release date |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Plot
editThis is a story about two brothers, Ned and Frankie, living on a farm with their old grandmother. Ned despises being a farm labourer and befriends a girl from the city. She does not like a farm life either and dreams of having her own hair saloon.
Frankie is a somnambulist and one night, he kills a bull with his gun. He also has many knives. This gives Ned a frightening idea: What if he stabs his grandmother with a knife and blame Frankie for the murder? Then he will be the owner of the farm and buy a hair saloon to his beloved one.
Cast
edit- Susan Shaw as Joan Gray
- Laurence Harvey as Ned Harsten
- Trader Faulkner as Frankie Harsten
- Laurence Naismith as Doctor James
- Sheila Shand Gibbs as Brenda
- Ethel Edwards as Gran Elizabeth
- Valentine Dunn as Brenda's mother
- Madge Brindley as Mrs. Ramble
- John Ainsworth as Tony
References
edit- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ A Killer Walks at IMDb
- ^ "A Killer Walks (1952)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
External links
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