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Escort for Hire

  • 1960
  • 1h 6m
IMDb RATING
4.8/10
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Escort for Hire (1960)
CrimeDrama

Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed.

  • Director
    • Godfrey Grayson
  • Writer
    • Mark Grantham
  • Stars
    • June Thorburn
    • Pete Murray
    • Noel Trevarthen
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.8/10
    51
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    • Director
      • Godfrey Grayson
    • Writer
      • Mark Grantham
    • Stars
      • June Thorburn
      • Pete Murray
      • Noel Trevarthen
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    June Thorburn
    June Thorburn
    • Terry
    Pete Murray
    • Buzz
    Noel Trevarthen
    Noel Trevarthen
    • Steve
    Jan Holden
    Jan Holden
    • Elizabeth Quinn
    Peter Butterworth
    Peter Butterworth
    • Insp. Bruce
    Mary Laura Wood
    • Barbara Vickers
    Derek Blomfield
    Derek Blomfield
    • Jack
    Jill Melford
    • Nadia
    Patricia Plunkett
    Patricia Plunkett
    • Eldon Baker
    Guy Middleton
    Guy Middleton
    • Arthur Vickers
    Catherine Ellison
    • Receptionist
    Bruce Beeby
    • Det. Sgt. Moore
    C. Denier Warren
    C. Denier Warren
    • Porter
    Viola Keats
    Viola Keats
    • Marion
    Totti Truman Taylor
    Totti Truman Taylor
    • Temperance lady
    Miles Silverton
    • Concert Audience
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Godfrey Grayson
    • Writer
      • Mark Grantham
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    5malcolmgsw

    Not one of Danzigers best

    Well there are three things that irritated me about this film.First was the garish technicolour.Presumably they wanted to sell it to tv.Secondly Pete Murray with his cowboy hathe and dreadful mid Atlantic accent.Thirdly Peter Butterworth constantly chewing gum.A detective he most certainly is not.The film seems to start out as a light comedy and the becomes a murder mystery.However it really fails to generate any tension or excitement..One can also say that technicolour really did not lend itself to this sort of film.It detracts from the atmosphere.
    5boblipton

    To Escort the Main Feature

    Pete Murray and Noel Trevarthen are unsuccessful actors who become escorts. While Noel is waiting for one of his regulars to finish dressing, he discovers she has been murdered. Instead of calling the police, he wipes the room of his fingerprints and seeks the aid of Pete, and his employer, June Thorburn. When the police track down the agency in about eighteen seconds, they cover up for him and then, because he is such an obvious suspect, agree to lie to the police and help him investigate.

    Once you accept this unlikely and unhelpful beginning, it turns into a decent enough B movie, barring the set design. Unlike most of the Danziger Brothers' productions, this is in Technicolor .... and the designer decided to take advantage of this fact by using bright colors of every sort and by giving Mr. Murray a bit of a hat fetish; although he is second billed (after Miss Thorburn), he is the goofy sidekick in the movie.

    Like many of the Danziger Brother productions of the era, it's a decent enough time waster, and was clearly intended to fill out a full program of two features and selected short subjects as cheaply as possible.

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      Catherine Ellison's debut.

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    • Release date
      • December 1960 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • New Elstree Studios, The Waterfront, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio, now The Waterfront Elstree)
    • Production company
      • Danziger Productions Ltd.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 6 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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