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Journey into Nowhere (1962)

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Film details

Featuring

Sonja Ziemann Tony Wright Helmut Schmid
Director

Denis Scully
Countries

United Kingdom South Africa Federal Republic of Germany
Year

1962
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

Journey to Nowhere Working
Der Tod Fährt Mit Alternative

Synopsis

Ricky and Maria, both desperately in need of money, agree in despair to a plan to obtain double indemnity under an insurance policy scheme, whereby one must kill the other. After unsuccessful attempts they realise that they are falling in love but by now Ricky is being followed by Joe determined to get the money he owes. After a fight on a train Joe uncouples the freight car in which Maria is hiding. It crashes off the rails and she is killed

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Maria
    
    Sonja Ziemann
  - Ricky
    
    Tony Wright
  - Joe
    
    Schmid, Helmud
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Denis Scully
  - Assistant Director
    
    Pip Flood-Murphy
  - Continuity
    
    Barbara Kantor
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Avon Films Ltd.
  - Production Company
    
    Scully Productions Ltd.
  - Production Company
    
    Corona-Filmproduktion (Munich)
  - [Financing]
    
    National Film Finance Corporation
  - Executive Producer
    
    Michael Deeley
  - Producer [English prints]
    
    Bruce Yorke
  - Producer [German prints]
    
    Alexander Grüter
  - Production Manager
    
    Posma van Jaarsveld
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Peter Myers
  - [Screenplay]
    
    Bruce Yorke
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Václav Vích
  - Camera Operator
    
    Vernon Whitten
  Editing:
  - [Editor]
    
    Denis Scully
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Ursula Heaney
  - Hair
    
    John Barr
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Ivor Slaney
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    Ken Cameron
  - Sound Recording
    
    RCA Sound System
  - Sound Editor
    
    Roy Baker

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