Deadly Record

Deadly Record is a 1959 British second feature^[1] crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, starring Lee Patterson and Barbara Shelley.^[2] It was written by Vivian A. Cox and Huntington based on the 1958 novel by Nina Warner Hooke.^[3] It aired in the US in the Kraft Mystery Theatre TV series.^[4]

Deadly Record
Original British quad poster
Directed by	Lawrence Huntington
Screenplay by	Vivian A. Cox Lawrence Huntington
Produced by	Vivian A. CoxJulian Wintle Leslie Parkyn
Starring	Lee Patterson Barbara Shelley Jane Hylton Peter Dyneley Geoffrey Keen John Paul
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music by	Neville Mcgrah
Production company	Independent Artists
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	June 1959 (1959-06) (UK)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime.

Cast

• Lee Patterson as Trevor Hamilton
• Barbara Shelley as Susan Webb
• Jane Hylton as Ann Garfield
• Peter Dyneley as Dr. Morrow
• Geoffrey Keen as Supt. Ambrose
• John Paul as Phil Gamage
• Everley Gregg as Mrs. Mac
• Edward Cast as Constable Ryder
• George Pastell as Angelo
• Ferdy Mayne as Ramon Casadas
• April Olrich as Carmela
• Percy Herbert as Belcher

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine whodunit of the most familiar kind, but with a commodious bag of suspects and an air of brisk efficiency."^[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar plot at least moves with pace and confidence."^[6]

DVD Beaver wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes."^[7]