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In the Wake of a Stranger

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Director
  
David Eady

Production
  
Paramount Pictures

Genre
  
Thriller

Initial release
  
June 1959

Running time
  
1h 9m

Writer
  
Ian Stuart Black (novel), John Tully

Cast
  
Shirley Eaton, Tony Wright, Danny Green

Genres
  
Romance Film, Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction

Similar movies
  
Midnight Menace (1937), Murder in Reverse (1945), Circle of Danger (1951), Emergency Call (1952), Floods of Fear (1958)

In the Wake of a Stranger is a 1959 British thriller film directed by David Eady and starring Tony Wright, Shirley Eaton and Danny Green. In the film, a group of murderers try to frame an innocent sailor, Tom Cassidy (Tony Wright), for their crime.

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Cast

  • Tony Wright - Tom Cassidy
  • Shirley Eaton - Joyce Edwards
  • Danny Green - Barnes
  • Willoughby Goddard - Shafto
  • Harry H. Corbett - McCabe
  • Tom Bowman - Spike
  • Alun Owen - Ferris
  • Barbara Archer - Barmaid
  • Vanda Godsell - Hetty McCabe
  • James Ottaway - Johnson
  • Peter Sinclair - Sea Captain
  • Peter Carver - Lorry Driver
  • Frank Pemberton - Landlord
  • Patricia Dean - Secretary
  • David Hemmings - Schoolboy
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, writing, "The plot is confusing and often illogical, and the love story only gets in the way of the mystery"; and Leonard Maltin gave the film two out of four stars, calling it, "just fair."

    References

    In the Wake of a Stranger Wikipedia
    In the Wake of a Stranger IMDb


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