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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Language
  
English

4.8/10
IMDb

Director
  
Gerald Thomas

Produced by
  
Peter Rogers

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Release date
  
September 1958

Writer
  
Patrick Brawn, Leo McKern (radio play)

Genres
  
Crime Fiction, Crime Thriller

Cast
  
Susan Shaw
,
Dermot Walsh
,
Jack Watling

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Chain of Events is a 1958 British crime film directed by Gerald Thomas from a radio play by Leo McKern. It starred Susan Shaw, Dermot Walsh, Jack Watling, Freddie Mills and Joan Hickson.

Contents

Chain of events the movie


Plot

A bank clerk tells a white lie to avoid paying his bus fare, and sets in motion a series of catastrophic events involving blackmail and death.

Cast

  • Susan Shaw - Jill
  • Dermot Walsh - Quinn
  • Jack Watling - Freddie
  • Alan Gifford - Lord Fenchurch
  • Harold Lang - Jimmy Boy
  • Lisa Gastoni - Simone
  • Kenneth Griffith - Clarke
  • Ballard Berkeley - Stockman
  • Frank Forsythe - Johnson
  • Cyril Chamberlain - Bus Conductor
  • Freddie Mills - Tiny
  • Martin Boddey - Bus Inspector
  • Anthony Sagar - The Drunk
  • Myrtle Reed - Mrs Clarke
  • Martin Wyldeck - Becket
  • James Raglan - Magistrate
  • Joan Hickson - Barmaid
  • John Stuart - Bank Manager
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide wrote, "from a radio play written by talented British actor Leo McKern, but that's not sufficient reason to sit through it" ; whereas Cinemaretro wrote, "very much a B movie feature, the film stands firmly, and really works exceptionally well on its own merits."

    References

    Chain of Events Wikipedia
    Chain of Events themoviedb.org Chain of Events IMDb