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A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.A British aircraft engineer accidentally kills his daughter's nasty foreign boyfriend, then tries to cover up his deed.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Woods
- (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Ambrosine Phillpotts
- Miss Blade
- (as Ambrosine Phillpots)
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John Mills stars in this excellent suspense picture, very reminiscent of Hitchcock, infact, you'd think it was Alfred directing this, it features some of his trademarks!
John Mills is excellent, as is the entire cast.
The screenplay in parts is a little disappointing but overall the picture works. I quite enjoyed the finale, classic stuff!
Check this film out!
John Mills is excellent, as is the entire cast.
The screenplay in parts is a little disappointing but overall the picture works. I quite enjoyed the finale, classic stuff!
Check this film out!
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Well I stayed and watched this film unfold. Charming period drama albeit a bit too clever and today such racial stereotypes would not be tolerated. However as it was 1951 we can forgive the essential prejudice that is necessary for the plot to remain plausible. I liked it and will watch again. A very fine film that has aged better than many. I liked the many actors in this that went on to become regular names in films and TV. Take bow all of you. It was an amazing watch and great twist at the very end that made me smile. A fine denouement. No idea why this bombed in the UK it was good enough and better than so much out there at the time. Do watch this. But park your sense of justice and go with out all.
This is a well crafted story with many a twist. A lot of b movies were made in this era but would surely have made an excellent main feature with plenty to talk about after. Well worth a watch.
Is this Hitchcock incognito or the Hitch you have when not having Hitch? I'm not always a fan of Hitch but I could imagine him wishing he might have made this movie. Mr Denning certainly offers more than a fair share of suspense and visual challenges to keep the viewer intrigued, and just when it looks like it's all sorted it rolls backwards to challenge us over again. There's also a smart script by the original story writer Alec Coppel (Vertigo)
It offers nice touches, excitement, good performances (from a fine cast), and some stylish direction and cinematography to keep the mind and eye alert. Whether it ends quite right is up to your own thoughts, but it's so well done you can hardly mind. The new Netwerk transfer to DVD is most pleasing with sharp quality B/W and reasonably priced.
It offers nice touches, excitement, good performances (from a fine cast), and some stylish direction and cinematography to keep the mind and eye alert. Whether it ends quite right is up to your own thoughts, but it's so well done you can hardly mind. The new Netwerk transfer to DVD is most pleasing with sharp quality B/W and reasonably priced.
Somewhat under-rated British suspenser.Mills gives his usual excellent performance, and though the scene where he flies the plane doesn't come off, the film has more than enough compensations. Ending is a little hurried, but this a very watchable movie especially for we lovers of the 1950s British suspense genre.
Did you know
- TriviaIn the crash scene of the Miles Hawk, the impact is not shown, only the aftermath of burning wreckage. The wreckage was a movie prop, the real aircraft was on the civil register for at least another four years under the ownership of FG Miles Ltd. There are unconfirmed reports that it crashed at Hurstpierpoint in 1955 with the pilot being fatally injured.
- GoofsJust before putting Mados' body in a trunk, Denning drapes a cloth over the spare wheel attached to the back of the trunk. Denning quickly puts the body in the trunk and closes the lid without moving the trunk. As he drives away there's no sign of the cloth but later when he's pulled up by a policeman for having a faulty rear light and gets out to examine it, the cloth is hanging out of the trunk.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are spoken, with no captions, giving just the film's title, the two main stars and brief supporting cast. The full credits are shown at the end.
- ConnectionsFeatures Les quatre plumes blanches (1939)
- SoundtracksI Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
(uncredited)
Written by John Glover Kind
Played on a record player by the mortuary attendant and heard as a theme over the end credits
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Mr. Denning Drives North
- Filming locations
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(Studio, produced at)
- Production companies
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- Runtime
- 1h 33m(93 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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