Delayed Action 1954
5.4 / 10
Delayed Action
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.
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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... Ned Ellison
... Anne Curlew
... Mark Cruden
... Sellars
... Honey
... Insp. Crane
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Release Date:
Jul 01, 1954 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
58`
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Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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Delayed Action
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... Ned Ellison
... Anne Curlew
... Mark Cruden
... Sellars
... Honey
... Insp. Crane
... Lobb
... Worsley
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Olive Kirby... Angela Bentley
... Dr. Jepson
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Myrtle Reed... Jackie
... Bank cashier
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Charles Lamb... Bank clerk
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