Movie: Delayed Action

Top 10 Billed Cast

Robert Ayres
Robert Ayres

Ned Ellison

June Thorburn
June Thorburn

Anne Curlew

Alan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley

Mark Cruden

Bruce Seton
Bruce Seton

Sellars

Michael Balfour
Michael Balfour

Honey

Ballard Berkeley
Ballard Berkeley

Insp. Crane

Michael Kelly
Michael Kelly

Lobb

John Horsley
John Horsley

Worsley

Olive Kirby
Olive Kirby

Angela Bentley

Ian Fleming
Ian Fleming

Dr. Jepson

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    Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.

  • Release Date

    1954-07-01

  • Average

    5.2

  • Rating:

    2.6 starts
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    English
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