Rent Blackout / Bond of Fear (1956)
3.3 of 5 from 47 ratings
2h 15min
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- Synopsis:
A double bill of great British suspense films.
Blackout (1950)
Christopher Pelly (Maxwell Reed) is a blind man who inadvertently stumbles on a murder scene and is knocked unconscious by a vicious gangster. Recuperating in hospital after an operation to restore his sight, Pelly tries to remember what happened that night so that he can lead the police to the murderers. A break comes when he meets Patricia Dale (Dinah Sheridan), whose brother is missing, presumed dead, following an air crash. But as Pelly come closer to the truth the leader of the gang, Otto Ford (Eric Pohlmann) is waiting to pounce...
Bond of Fear (1956)John Sewell (Dermot Walsh) is planning a peaceful family holiday to France in the caravan, but there is a murderer at large. The police are searching for Dewar (John Colicos), but he seizes his opportunity to evade their dragnet by kidnapping the Sewell family and holding their son at gunpoint in the caravan. As the family head to Dover, Sewell must decide whether to risk the life of his son by confronting the murderer or help him to escape justice... - Actors:
- Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, John Colicos, Marilyn Baker, Anthony Pavey, Alan MacNaughton, Jameson Clark, John Horsley, Marianne Stone, Arnold Bell, Avril Angers, Bill Shine, Peter Swanwick, Hal Osmond, Trevor Reid, Alan Robinson, Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Annette D. Simmonds, Eric Pohlmann
- Directors:
- Henry Cass, Robert S. Baker
- Producers:
- Monty Berman, Robert S. Baker
- Writers:
- John Gilling, Norman Hudis, Digby Wolfe, Carl Nystrom
- Studio:
- Odeon Entertainment
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
