Blackout (1950 film)
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.jpg) Maxwell Reed as Chris Pelly | |
| Directed by | Robert S. Baker[1] |
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| Screenplay by | John Gilling |
| Story by | Carl Nystrom |
| Starring | |
| Music by | John Lanchbery |
| Cinematography | Monty Berman[1] |
| Edited by | Gerald Landau[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (1950) (UK) (theatrical) |
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Running time | 78 min |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
Blackout is a 1950 English crime [2] drama film directed by Robert S. Baker.[3] The film featured Maxwell Reed, Dinah Sheridan, Patric Doonan, Kynaston Reeves, Annette D. Simmonds, Eric Pohlmann, Michael Evans and Michael Brennan in the lead roles. The film depicts the story of an engineer (Maxwell Reed) who is able to find out the murderers involved in a murder mystery with the help of Patricia Dale (Dinah Sheridan).
The film was the first featured appearance of Ronald Leigh-Hunt.
Plot
An engineer Christopher Pelly (Maxwell Reed), loses his eyesight in an accident. He goes to London to have an eye operation. There he wants to go to his friends house but the taxi driver dropped him at the wrong house in Kensington. In the house three men had murdered a person with a knife and the corpse was lying on the floor. Pelly doesn't know that he is in the wrong house, and seeing that he is blind, the three murderers don't kill him. Pelly reported the incident to the police but the police were unable to find the dead body. When Pelly regains his eyesight after the operation he decides to solve the murder mystery.
He reaches the house where the murder had taken place. There he meets Patricia Dale (Dinah Sheridan), who had lost her brother in a plane crash a year ago. Pelly tells the story to her and they decide to solve the murder mystery.
Cast
- Maxwell Reed as Chris Pelly
- Dinah Sheridan as Pat Dale
- Patric Doonan as Chalky
- Kynaston Reeves as Mr. Dale
- Annette D. Simmonds as Lila Drew
- Eric Pohlmann as Otto Ford
- Michael Evans as Guy Sinclair
- Michael Brennan as Mickey Garston
- Ernest Butcher as Benny
- Campbell Singer as Inspector
- Madoline Thomas as Housekeeper
- Basil Appleby as Norman Dale
- Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Dr. Langley
- Pat Metcalfe as Maid
- Ida Patlanski as Postmistress
- Jean Lodge as Nurse
References
- 1 2 3 "Blackout 1950 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 2014-04-28.
- ↑ Murhy, Robert; Steve Chibnall (2005). British Crime Cinema British Popular Cinema. Routledge. p. 200. ISBN 9781134702701.
- ↑ Lentz III, Harris M. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2009: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture Volume 16 of Lentz s Performing Arts Obituaries Volume 16 of OBITUARIES IN THE PERFORMING ARTS. McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 9780786441747.
External links
- Blackout at the Internet Movie Database