Portrait of Alison

6.2
Date

1955-11-29

Country

GB

Runtime

1.40h

Genre

Crime

Overview

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

Cast

Terry Moore
Alison Ford
Robert Beatty
Tim Forrester
William Sylvester
Dave Forrester
Josephine Griffin
Jill Stewart
Geoffrey Keen
Inspector Colby

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Review

By CinemaSerf

Robert Beatty is an artist who learns that his brother has been killed in a Italian car accident. As you'd expect, that's just the start of it - the mystery revolves around a postcard featuring a glass of Chianti being held in a woman's hand... Who has it? What does it mean? Is it a clue to the mysterious death? This is a far more layered thriller than you'd expect - the performances are taut and the dialogue less meandering than in many other UK-made dramas of the time. Geoffrey Keen is good as the sceptical police inspector and although you do get the gist well before the end, it's still quite a suspensefully directed (by Guy Green) 80 minutes.


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