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House of Secrets (Original title)Triple Deception (Alternative title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 19 November 1956 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Guy Green

Synopsis: Story of the smashing of a gang of counterfeiters, in which a young ship's officer is persuaded to become an undercover agent because of his resemblance to an actual member of the gang.

Genre:
Crime

Subject:
Counterfeiting
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 97 mins Length: 8741 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (45)
©: The Rank Organisation Film Productions Ltd, A Production by: Julian Wintle, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Vivian A. Cox, Production Manager: H.R.R. Attwooll, Production Controller for Pinewood Studios, London, England: Arthur Alcott, Production Secretary: Teresa Bolland, Assistant Director: Robert Asher, 2nd Assistant Director: John Oldknow, 3rd Assistant Director: Peter Carey, Continuity: Susan Dyson, Additional Continuity: Tilly Day, Screenplay by: Robert Buckner, Bryan Forbes, Based on the novel 'Storm Over Paris' by: Sterling Noel, Director of Photography: Harry Waxman, Camera Operator: James Bawden, Focus Puller: Alec Mills, Clapper Loader: Ron Anscombe, Stills: Harry Gillard, Special Processes: Bill Warrington, Special Processes: Frank George, Special Processes: Syd Pearson, W. Marshall, Film Editor: Sidney Hayers, Assembly Editor: Roy Fry, Assistant Editor: Tristam Cones, Art Director: Alex Vetchinsky, Set Dresser: Arthur Taksen, Chief Draughtsman: Lionel Couch, Draughtsman: Terence Marsh, Draughtsman: Charles Bishop, Costume Designer: Julie Harris, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Hair Stylist: Waleen Whitworth, Colour by: Technicolor, Music by: Hubert Clifford, Music Recording: Ted Drake, Sound Recordist: Dudley Messenger, Sound Recordist: Gordon K. McCallum, Boom Operator: John Salter, Sound Editor: Archie Ludski, Publicity: George Mason, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (22)
Michael Craig (Larry 'Steve Chancellor' Ellis), Julia Arnall (Diane Gilbert), Brenda De Banzie (Madame Isabella Ballu), Barbara Bates (Judy Anderson), David Kossoff (Henrik Van de Heide), Gérard Oury (Julius Pindar), Geoffrey Keen (Burleigh), Anton Diffring (Anton Lauderbach), Eric Pohlmann (Gratz), Eugene Deckers (Vidal), Jacques Brunius (Lessage), Carl Jaffe (Walter Dorffman), Gordon Tanner (Curtice), Alan Tilvern (Brandelli), David Lander (Marseilles detective), Balbina (Lauderbach's maid), Violet Gould (barmaid), John Serret (commissaire), Jean Driant (Gratz's assistant), Patrick Westwood (Dufrene), Yves Chanteau (Matthews), Yvonne Warren