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Delayed Action(1954)
Status: Released
Date: 1954-07-01
52%
5 Votes
Time: 0h 58m
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Kenilworth Film Productions
Movie: Delayed Action
Top 10 Billed Cast
Robert Ayres
Ned Ellison
June Thorburn
Anne Curlew
Alan Wheatley
Mark Cruden
Bruce Seton
Sellars
Michael Balfour
Honey
Ballard Berkeley
Insp. Crane
John Horsley
Worsley
Ian Fleming
Dr. Jepson
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Overview
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.
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1954-07-01
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5.2
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