At the Stroke of Nine
1957 British film by Lance Comfort
- June 1957 (1957-06)
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At the Stroke of Nine is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and Dermot Walsh.[2] A female journalist who is kidnapped by a madman who forces her to write articles about him and threatens to kill her.
Plot
When reporter Sally Bryant chases a major scoop, she is captured by concert pianist Stephen Garrett, who says he will murder her within the next five days. He forces her to send daily reports of her ordeal to her newspaper. The typeface of the reports gives a clue to the police, who reach Garrett's house in time to prevent him from strangling Sally. Garrett falls out of a window to his death.
Cast
- Patricia Dainton as Sally Bryant
- Stephen Murray as Stephen Garrett
- Patrick Barr as Frank
- Dermot Walsh as MacDonnell
- Clifford Evans as Inspector Hudgell
- Leonard White as Thompson
- Reginald Green as Toby
- Alexander Doré as Carter
- Leonard Sharp as news vendor
- Robert Hartley as Westcott
- Frank Atkinson as porter
- William Moore as Campion
- Marianne Stone as secretary
- George Lee as young reporter
- William Hepper as clerk
- Donald B. Edwards as Gray
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This implausible melodrama has little to recommend it. The villain has no virtues and the hero no vices; the heroine registers suitable cold terror: and the script calls for little more from them."[3]
TV Guide wrote, "the frantic search for the loonie by police offers some interesting scenes with fair suspense."[4]
References
- ^ Michael Deeley, Blade Runners, Deer Hunters and Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: My Life in Cult Movies, Pegasus Books, 2009 p 20
- ^ "At the Stroke of Nine". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "At the Stroke of Nine". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 24 (276): 86. 1 January 1957 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "At The Stroke Of Nine Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
External links
- At the Stroke of Nine at IMDb
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Films directed by Lance Comfort
- Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
- Hatter's Castle (1942)
- Those Kids from Town (1942)
- Squadron Leader X (1943)
- Escape to Danger (1943)
- When We Are Married (1943)
- Old Mother Riley Detective (1943)
- Hotel Reserve (1944)
- Great Day (1945)
- Bedelia (1946)
- Temptation Harbour (1947)
- Daughter of Darkness (1948)
- Silent Dust (1949)
- Portrait of Clare (1950)
- The Girl on the Pier (1953)
- Bang! You're Dead (1954)
- Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
- The Man in the Road (1956)
- Face in the Night (1957)
- Man from Tangier (1957)
- At the Stroke of Nine (1957)
- The Ugly Duckling (1959)
- Make Mine a Million (1959)
- The Breaking Point (1961)
- Rag Doll (1961)
- Pit of Darkness (1961)
- Touch of Death (1961)
- The Painted Smile (1962)
- The Break (1963)
- Blind Corner (1963)
- Live It Up! (1963)
- Tomorrow at Ten (1963)
- Be My Guest (1965)
- Devils of Darkness (1965)
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