6.8 /10 1 Votes
Directed by Herbert Wilcox Written by Edgar Lustgarten Cinematography Gordon Dines Music director Stanley Black | 6.7/10 IMDb Produced by Herbert Wilcox Music by Stanley Black Director Herbert Wilcox Story by Stanley Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Anna Neagle
Anthony Quayle
Zsa Zsa Gabor Initial release 21 January 1958 (United Kingdom) Screenplay Edgar Lustgarten, Stanley Jackson Cast Zsa Zsa Gábor, Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Katherine Kath, Dora Bryan Similar Anna Neagle movies, Scientist movies, Dramas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk is a 1958 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox. It starred Anna Neagle, Anthony Quayle, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Dora Bryan, John Le Mesurier and Lloyd Lamble.
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Synopsis
A courtroom drama, it sees an American scientist charged for murder by the British police for his supposed role in the death of an Eastern Bloc defector.
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Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "the screenplay was written by writers well versed in litigation, so the courtroom scenes have a strong sense of realism. The performances are convincing, though marred by several characters who don't fit in the plot"; while the Radio Times wrote, "courtroom dramas have an intrinsic appeal, and veteran producer/director Herbert Wilcox makes a moderately entertaining film out of this story in which Anthony Quayle's American scientist, accused of murder, refuses to testify in his own defence. Wilcox's wife, Anna Neagle, gives another of her great lady portraits as Britain's leading Queen's Counsel, demonstrating her deductive brilliance in spotting a bullet hole in a witness's window pane and her oratorical skills in a dramatic five-minute courtroom address."