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The Marked One (Original title)
Date: 1963 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Francis Searle

Synopsis: A blackmailer demands the plates used in a forgery plot for which Don Mason served time. Don doesn't know where they are but when his small daughter, Mary, living apart with her mother, is threatened he starts hunting for them. Charles Warren, now a fashion photographer, refuses to help. So does Ed Jones, an ex-prisoner, and a man calling himself Inspector Mayne of the Fraud Squad tells him that Warren is dead. Don eventually finds Mossie who made the plates. He hands them over to protect Kay and Mary, who has been kidnapped. Don takes them to a warehouse and waits with the police. 'Inspector Mayne' arrives with Mary and is finally overcome. Don is re-united with his family.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Blackmail, Counterfeiting
Releases
Date: 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 65 mins Length: 5850 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (25)
Production Company: Planet Film Productions, Producer: Tom Blakeley, Production Manager: Clive Midwinter, [Production Secretary]: Loretta Ordewer, Assistant Director: Stuart Freeman, [2nd Assistant Director]: Roger Simons, Continuity: Marjorie Lavelly, Screenplay: Paul Erickson, Director of Photography: Frank Kingston, Camera Operator: Terry Maher, [Focus Puller]: John Boulter, [Clapper Loader]: Brian Grainger, [Stills Photographer]: Frank Bellingham, Editor: Jim Connock, [1st Assistant Editor]: John Leeds, Art Director: Frank White, [Assistant Art Director]: John Barry, [Laboratory]: Denham Laboratories, Music: Bernie Fenton, Music: Frank Patten, Sound Recording: David Bowen, [Boom Operator]: Geoffrey Kidd, [Sound Camera Operator]: Denis Porter, Studio: MGM British Studios
Cast (24)
William Lucas (Don), Zena Walker (Kay), Patrick Jordan (Mayne), Laurie Leigh (Maisie), David Gregory (Ed Jones), Edward Ogden (Nevil), Arthur Lovegrove (Benson), Brian Nissen (Chas. Warren), Kim Tracey (Wanda), Marianne Stone (Mrs. Benson), Richard McNeff (Inspector Rogers), Frank Sieman (Lacey), Lyn Pinkney (Sally), Candy Pibworth (Mary), Gillian Watt (Sandra), Gordon Wayne (Harvey), Phillip Ross (Tom), Tex Fuller (Sam), Jack Taylor (Sgt. Watts), June Sylvaine (Angel), Dorothy Gordon (Ruby), Frederick Peisley (Mossie), Maggie Flint (Mrs. Green), John Watson (Davis)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: British National Film Catalogue v1 1963
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v1 1963: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v30 n355 August 1963  Page: 119
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v30 n355 August 1963: no known title]Language: English

In: Film and TV Technician v29 n225 October 1963  Page: Supp
Title: [Film and TV Technician - v29 n225 October 1963: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
Description: Credits.

In: Kine Weekly n2912 25 Jul 1963  Page: 31
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2912 25 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n8783 5 Jul 1963  Page: 8
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8783 5 Jul 1963: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Film materials(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1310905
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: MuteLength: 186 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-919945
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1310906
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status