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Stranglehold (1963)

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Film details

Featuring

MacDonald Carey Barbara Shelley Philip Friend
Director

Lawrence Huntington
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1963
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Morrison, an actor, has become so engrossed in gangster roles that he is no longer himself. His wife decides to leave him. An out of work actress seeks his help and when this is refused poisons herself. Morrison hides the body until he can arrange for it to be shipped out of the country. Customs stop the coffin and the case is handed to the police. Chris, his wife, decides she cannot leave him under these circumstances after all, and the autopsy ultimately reveals that the girl did, in fact, commit suicide.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Bill Morrison
    
    MacDonald Carey
  - Chris
    
    Barbara Shelley
  - Steffan
    
    Philip Friend
  - Lilli
    
    Nadja Regin
  - The Dutchman
    
    Leonard Sachs
  - actress
    
    Susan Shaw
  - Grace
    
    Josephine Brown
  - .
    
    Larry Cross
  - .
    
    Jacques Cey
  - cast member
    
    Aletha Orr
  - Jimmy
    
    Mark Loegering
  - cast member
    
    Tommy Duggan
  - cast member
    
    Clifford Elkin
  - cast member
    
    Hector Ross
  - cast member
    
    Bob Gallico
  - cast member
    
    Gordon Sterne
  - cast member
    
    Murray Kash
  - cast member
    
    John McCarthy
  - cast member
    
    Jane Southern
  - cast member
    
    Jane Evans
  - cast member
    
    Watson, John H.
  - cast member
    
    Gordon Waine
  - cast member
    
    Bernard Boyd
  - cast member
    
    Jan Miller
  - cast member
    
    Jean Marlow
  - cast member
    
    Christine Halwarde
  - cast member
    
    George Golden
  - cast member
    
    Norman Hartley
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Lawrence Huntington
  - Assistant Director (1st)
    
    Bill Snaith
  - Continuity
    
    Doreen Soan
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Argo Films
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Argo Films
  - Distributed by
    
    Rank Film Distributors
  - Executive Producer/Presented by
    
    Jack Lamont
  - Producer
    
    David Henley
  - Production Manager
    
    Fraser Foulsham
  - Made at
    
    Pinewood Studios
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Guy Elmes
  - Screenplay
    
    Joy Garrison
  - Original Story by
    
    Guy Elmes
  Photography:
  - Lighting Cameraman
    
    S.D. Onions
  - Camera Operator
    
    Ceri Davies
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Peter Weatherley
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Duncan Sutherland
  Costumes:
  - Wardrobe
    
    Eve Falloon
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Paul Rabiger
  - Hairdresser
    
    Daphne Vollmar
  Music:
  - Music Composed and Conducted by
    
    Eric Spear
  Sound:
  - Sound Mixer
    
    Mcphee, Bob
  - Logo
    
    Western Electric

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