Hopelessly drunk in a London night-club, American Casey Morrow is approached by a beautiful young woman who offers him five hundred pounds if he will marry her. The next morning, he wakes in a strange flat and finds Maggie Doone washing bloodstains from his coat. He has no idea what has happened, but soon finds himself suspected of murder…
Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Lippert Films (USA)
Copyright 1953 by Exclusive Films Ltd.
From the novel by Helen Nielsen
All characters in this photoplay are fictitious and bear no resemblance to any real person, living or dead
RCA Sound System
Black & White 87 minutes
Filming dates: 28th September – 6th November 1953
UK Release: 28th March 1955
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
On Location:
Hyde Park Garden Mews, London – Casey takes the rented car from Maggie and turns left onto Stanhope Terrace
The Connaught, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London – Establishing shot in the rain – Casey goes to see Lance Gordon
Blantyre Street, Chelsea, London – Casey leaves Maggies flat here and crosses at the corner with Cremorne Road
55 Park Lane, Mayfair, London – Mr. Brunner’s London flat
Bourne Bridge House, Ascot Road, Holyport, Maidenhead, Berkshire – Phyllis’ mother’s house in the country
Lancaster Mews, Bayswater, London – Casey takes Phyllis to his home – at The Mitre pub at the corner with Craven Terrace
Cornwall Gardens, Kensington, London – Casey parks his car and is walking to see Phyllis when he almost gets run over
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Crew – Believed Complete
Cast – Complete, awaiting verification
Red = Uncredited
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Alfie Bass has a small part in this film. In the late 1950’s he starred in the successful Granada TV series The Army Game, as well as in the cinema spin-off I Only Arsked, which was produced by Hammer in 1959. Later appearances by him include Hammer’s A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) and as the head of menswear in BBC TV’s Are You Being Served?
Actress Betty Ann Davies died shortly after the film was released following an appendectomy!