Suspended Alibi (1957)

Film details

Featuring

Patrick Holt Honor Blackman Valentine Dyall
Director

Alfred Shaughnessy
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1957
Genre

Thriller
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Journalist is caught by web of circumstantial evidence and convicted of murder of best friend, saved from gallows by efforts of crime reporter colleague and observant prison chaplain.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Paul Pearson
    
    Patrick Holt
  - Evelyn 'Lynn' Pearson
    
    Honor Blackman
  - Inspector Kayes
    
    Valentine Dyall
  - Alexander 'Sandy' Thorpe
    
    Andrew Keir
  - Diana Greville
    
    Naomi Chance
  - Steven Waller
    
    Lloyd Lamble
  - Mrs Winnie Beamster
    
    Viola Lyel
  - Mr Henry Beamster
    
    Frederick Piper
  - Bill Forrest
    
    Bryan Coleman
  - Mr Blunt, apartment porter
    
    Wally Patch
  - Dorothy, Pearson's secretary
    
    Jeannette Hutchinson
  - Bobby Pearson
    
    Toby Winterbottom
  - granny
    
    Madoline Thomas
  - prison chaplain
    
    Edgar Wreford
  - post supervisor
    
    John Baker
  - Bridges, telegraph boy
    
    Ian Whittaker
  - Sergeant Roberts
    
    Brown Derby
  - coroner
    
    Vincent Lawson
  - customs official
    
    Horsburgh, Walter
  - police constable
    
    Richard McNeff
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Alfred Shaughnessy
  - Assistant Director
    
    Frank Ernst
  - Continuity
    
    Olga Marshall
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    A.C.T. Films
  - Produced by
    
    Robert Dunbar
  - In Charge of Production
    
    Ralph Bond
  - Production Manager
    
    Green, John 'Pinky'
  - Studio
    
    Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)
  Writing:
  - Original Story and Screenplay by
    
    Kenneth Hayles
  - Additional Scenes and Dialogue by
    
    Alfred Shaughnessy
  - Additional Scenes and Dialogue by
    
    Robert Dunbar
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Peter Hennessy
  - Camera Operator
    
    Tony Heller
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Robert Hill
  - Assistant Editor
    
    D'ayan, Michael Shah
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Joseph Bato
  Costumes:
  - Wardrobe
    
    Doris Turner
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Jack Smith
  - Hairdresser
    
    Beber, Alf
  Sound:
  - Sound Recordist
    
    H.C. Pearson