Eyewitness (Original title)Point of Crisis (Alternative title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 16 July 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Muriel Box
Synopsis: Murder melodrama: a woman witnesses a crime and is pursued by the robbers, one of whom is deaf. When she is knocked down by a bus, the criminals follow her to the hospital to make sure she doesn't talk.
Genres: Melodrama, Thriller
Subjects: Hospitals, Theft, Deaf people
Releases
Date: July 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 82 mins Length: 7438 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2552 12 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n271 August 1956 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n271 August 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7164 9 Jul 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7164 9 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7560 9 Jul 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7560 9 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 16 July 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Muriel Box
Synopsis: Murder melodrama: a woman witnesses a crime and is pursued by the robbers, one of whom is deaf. When she is knocked down by a bus, the criminals follow her to the hospital to make sure she doesn't talk.
Genres: Melodrama, Thriller
Subjects: Hospitals, Theft, Deaf people
Releases
Date: July 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - Sound - MonoAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 82 mins Length: 7438 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Credits
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©: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, Production Company: British and Dominions Film Corporation, Presents: The Rank Organisation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, A Sydney Box production: Sydney Box, Production Manager: Jack Hanbury, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: David Orton, Continuity: Kathleen Hosgood, Screenplay: Janet Green, Story by: Janet Green, Director of Photography: Reginald Wyer, Camera Operator: David Harcourt, Editor: Jean Barker, Art Director: George Provis, Set Dresser: Dario Simoni, Dress Designer: Joan Ellacott, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Music Composed by: Bruce Montgomery, Music Directed by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: C.C. Stevens, Sound Recordist: Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Studio: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Donald Sinden (Wade), Muriel Pavlow (Lucy Church), Belinda Lee (Nurse Penny Marston), Nigel Stock (Barney), Michael Craig (Jay Church), Ada Reeve (Mrs. Hudson), Leslie Dwyer (Henry Cammon), Avice Landon (night sister), Nicholas Parsons (Dr. Bright), Susan Beaumont (probationery nurse), Richard Wattis (anaesthetist), David Knight (Mike), Anthony Oliver ([Podge]), George Woodbridge ([hospital security guard]), Gillian Harrison ([Molly]), Anna Turner ([Mrs Hays]), John Stuart ([chief constable]), Allan Cuthbertson ([Inspector Reardon]), Harry Towb ([Sugdon]), Charles Victor ([desk sergeant]), Marianne Stone ([usherette]), Lionel Jeffries ([man in saloon bar]), Thomas Heathcote ([Tom the barman])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Kinematograph Weekly n2552 12 Jul 1956 Page: 17Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2552 12 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n271 August 1956 Page: 102
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n271 August 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7164 9 Jul 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7164 9 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v87 n7560 9 Jul 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v87 n7560 9 Jul 1956: no known title]Language: English