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Director
  
John Harlow

Genre
  
Mystery

Language
  
English

5.2/10
IMDb

Music director
  
John Lanchbery

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

Delayed Action movie poster

Writer
  
Geoffrey Orme (screenplay)

Release date
  
July 1954 (UK)

Produced by
  
Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman

Cast
  
Robert Ayres
(Ned Ellison),
June Thorburn
(Anne Curlew),
Alan Wheatley
(Mark Cruden),
Bruce Seton
(Sellars),
Michael Balfour
(Honey)

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Delayed Action is a 1954 British film noir mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley.

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Plot

Two criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, who will confess to crimes they have committed before killing himself. However he subsequently has a change of heart.

Cast

  • Robert Ayres as Ned Ellison
  • June Thorburn as Anne Curlew
  • Alan Wheatley as Mark Cruden
  • Bruce Seton as Sellars
  • Michael Balfour as Honey
  • Michael Kelly as Lobb
  • John Horsley as Worsley
  • Olive Kirby as Angela Bentley
  • Ballard Berkeley as Insp. Crane
  • Ian Fleming as Dr. Jepson
  • Myrtle Reed as Jackie
  • Dennis Chinnery as Bank cashier
  • Charles Lamb as Bank clerk
  • Arthur Hewlett as Battersby (uncredited)
  • Frederick Leister as Sir Francis Henry (uncredited)

    • Critical reception

  • TV Guide wrote, "robbers pay suicidal writer Ayres to confess to their crime and kill himself should their scheme fail. An interesting premise in an otherwise dull movie."
  • Radio Times noted, "the prolific B-team of Monty Berman and Robert S Baker were the brains behind this moody little thriller. There's a hint here of the ingenuity that would lead to their TV success with such series as The Saint and Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)."

    • References

    Delayed Action Wikipedia
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    Delayed Action IMDb Delayed Action themoviedb.org