The Girl in the Picture

1957
1h 3m

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Junia Crawford, Patrick Holt, and Donald Houston in The Girl in the Picture (1957)

1957. Drama. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt and Junia Crawford. George Keefe's policeman brother was murdered four years ago and the killer is still on the lo... Read all1957. Drama. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt and Junia Crawford. George Keefe's policeman brother was murdered four years ago and the killer is still on the loose.1957. Drama. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt and Junia Crawford. George Keefe's policeman brother was murdered four years ago and the killer is still on the loose.

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Donald Houston

Jon Deering

Patrick Holt

Detective Inspector Bliss

Junia Crawford

Pat Dryden

Maurice Kaufmann

Rod Mulloy
(as Maurice Kaufman)

Paddy Joyce

Jack Bates

Tom Chatto

George Keefe

John Paul

Detective Sergeant Nixon

John Miller

Mr. Duncan

Colin Cleminson

Stanley Eames
(as Colin Clemenson)

Stuart Saunders

The Newspaper Editor

Bee Duffell

Mrs. Stokes

James Booth

Office Boy
(as David Greeves)

John Watson

A Policeman

Lucette Marimar

A Model

Michael Medwin

Car Mechanic
(uncredited)

Fred Nicholas

P.C. Martin
(uncredited)

Jeff Silk

Detective
(uncredited)

Director
- Don Chaffey
Writer
- Paul Ryder
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Trivia
It is established that Pat Dryden lives in "Myrtle Mansions" as the name is clearly seen on the outside of the building (which is actually Hammersmith Town Hall). When Deering calls Detective Inspector Bliss he mistakenly gives Pat's address as "20 Milstrom Mansions, Kensington". When Deering later accuses Bliss of being "late again", Bliss blames it on the traffic and counters by saying that: "We should have been quicker, if you had got the address right". The scene immediately cuts to a policeman who confounds the Inspector by calling for an ambulance to come to "Milstrom Place".

Goofs
Although it's established that the girl lives at Myrtle Mansions, the building is later referred to by police as Milstrom Mansions.

Quotes
Jon Deering: The public will accept floods and earthquakes, bomb-throwing and film stars' weddings just so long. And they'll take it without grumbling. They might even read the article. But in the end Wilfred. What is it they want in the end?
Office Boy: Sex, Mr Dearing!

Connections
References Tarantula (1955)

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5/10

A distinctively average British crime picture

THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE is your usual quota picture, a British crime thriller about a crusading journalist who's hunting down a pretty girl seen in an old photograph. The twist is that in said photo she's seen waving to the driver of a car later linked to an unsolved murder, so by tracking her down he hopes to find the murderer himself.

There are good and bad things about this movie. Donald Houston is a rather poor and uninteresting choice of lead, but Patrick Holt in support is much better as the wry detective. The lovely Junia Crawford had a brief B-movie career in the late 1950s before dying young. There are a handful of scene-setting moments that ably bring the 1950s to life, but Don Chaffey, who later directed JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, does a strictly pedestrian job and can't seem to work up much steam. The villain is a weak and non-threatening one too. Scriptwriter Paul Ryder's best work was in the Stanley Baker heist thriller, A PRIZE OF ARMS.