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The Ringer (1953)

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Film details

Featuring

Herbert Lom Donald Wolfit Mai Zetterling
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1953
Genre

Police drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Alternative titles

The Gaunt Stranger Working

Synopsis

How police lie in wait for a criminal called The Ringer in a house of a shady lawyer who is thought to be his next victim.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Maurice Meister
    
    Herbert Lom
  - Doctor Lomond
    
    Donald Wolfit
  - Lisa
    
    Mai Zetterling
  - Cora Ann
    
    Greta Gynt
  - Samuel Cuthbert Hackitt
    
    William Hartnell
  - Mrs. Hackitt
    
    Dora Bryan
  - Inspector Bliss
    
    Norman Wooland
  - John Lenley
    
    Denholm Elliott
  - Inspector Wembury
    
    Charles Victor
  - commissioner
    
    Walter Fitzgerald
  - gardener
    
    John Stuart
  - Bell
    
    John Slater
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Guy Hamilton
  - Production Company
    
    London Film Productions
  - Production Company
    
    British Lion Film Corporation
  - Associate Producer
    
    Hugh Perceval
  - Script
    
    Val Valentine
  - Additional Dialogue
    
    Lesley Storm
  - Original novel
    
    Edgar Wallace
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ted Scaife
  - [Camera Assistant]
    
    Gerry Fisher
  - Editor
    
    Bert Bates
  - Set Designer
    
    Joseph Bato
  - Set Designer
    
    William Hutchinson
  - Hairdressing
    
    Eileen Bates
  - Music
    
    Malcolm Arnold

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