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Director: Walter Summers
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the 'thick-ear' melodramas which made up the bulk of British B movies, with Kendall as a pilot assigned by the Secret Service to unmask a killer. Not quite up to Dark Eyes of London or Traitor Spy, but old maestro Summers, structuring his cardboard story around low-life Paris and Croydon airport, manages some marvellous moments. An airsick passenger swearing never again to cross the Channel, a villain rising Dracula-like from his coffin, some superbly seedy can-can dancers, even an Antonioni-ish car/plane duel. Maybe not great cinema, but for those with happy memories of Saturday morning pictures, an essential part of life.Author: RMy
Cast & crew
Director: Walter Summers
Cast: Henry Kendall, Benita Hume, Wallace Geoffrey, Ursula Jeans, Martin Walker full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 76 mins
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