Reporter tracks down the murderer of a taxi driver to a shady Soho club, and unmasks him as the leader of a gang of ruthless black marketeers.
Crime Reporter is one of five missing Hammer films – the others being The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935), Polly’s Two Fathers (1936), The Bank Messenger Mystery (1940), Who Killed Van Loon (1948).
Production Details
A Knightsbridge-Hammer Films Production
Black & White 35 minutes
Filming dates: Late 1945
UK Release: 23 January 1947
Filming:
Marylebone Studios, Marylebone , London – Studio
Cast & Crew
| CREW | NAME | CREDITED | AGE AT RELEASE | BIRTH | DEATH | AGE | CREDITS | UNCREDITED | TOTAL HAMMER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Ben Hart | Yes | 1968 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Director | Hal Wilson | Yes | 48 | 1899 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Writer | Hal Wilson | Yes | 48 | 1899 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| CAST | |||||||||
| Black marketeer | Van Boolan | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Crime Reporter | John Blythe | Yes | 26 | 30 Oct 1921 | 24 Nov 1993 | 72 | 2 | 2 | |
| Girl | Jackie Brent | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Inspector | George Dewhurst | Yes | 58 | 21 Oct 1889 | 8 Nov 1968 | 79 | 1 | 1 | |
| Landlady | Agens Bantford | Yes | 64 | 3 Oct 1883 | 15 Jul 1965 | 81 | 1 | 1 | |
| Taxi driver | Stan Paskin | Yes | 56 | 1891 | 1947 | 56 | 2 | 2 |
Footnotes
John Blythe also appeared in Hammer’s River Patrol (1948)