Watch Delayed Action (1954) Official Trailer
5.8 / 10 IMDb July 1, 1954 0h 58m
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.
Director
Runtime
0h 58m
Release Date
July 1, 1954
Genre
Crime
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United Kingdom
Writers
Producers
Cast
Robert Ayres
as Ned Ellison
June Thorburn
as Anne Curlew
Alan Wheatley
as Mark Cruden
Bruce Seton
as Sellars
Michael Balfour
as Honey
Ballard Berkeley
as Insp. Crane
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Michael Kelly
as Lobb
John Horsley
as Worsley
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Olive Kirby
as Angela Bentley
Ian Fleming
as Dr. Jepson
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Myrtle Reed
as Jackie
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Dennis Chinnery
as Bank cashier
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Charles Lamb
as Bank clerk
Production Companies
Kenilworth Film Productions
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