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Burnt Evidence (Original title)
Date: 05 July 1954 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Daniel Birt

Synopsis: Story of accidental killing, hunt for killer and his eventual surrender to the police and his acquittal.

Genre:
Police drama

Subject:
Police
Releases
Date: 1954Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 61 mins Length: 5512 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (20)
Production Company: A.C.T. Films, World Distribution by: Monarch Film Corporation, Produced by: Ronald Kinnoch, Production Manager: E.A. Joseph, Assistant Director: Bob Lynn, Continuity: Doris Martin, Screenplay by: Ted Willis, From an Original Story 'Burn the Evidence' by: Percy Hoskins, Director of Photography: Jo Jago, Camera Operator: Arthur Graham, Editor: W.J. Lewthwaite, Assistant Editor: Peter Hunt, Art Director: Ray Simm, Wardrobe Mistress: Amy BInney, Make-up: George Frost, Hairdresser: June Robinson, Sound Recordist: Len Page, Sound Editor: George Fisher, Produced and Recorded at: Beaconsfield Studios
Cast (13)
Jane Hylton (Diana Taylor), Duncan Lamont (Jack Taylor), Donald Gray (Jimmy Thompson), Meredith Edwards (Bob Edwards), Cyril Smith (Alf Quinney), Irene Handl (Mrs Raymond), Gwen Bacon, Hugo Schuster (Mr Hartl), Kynaston Reeves (pathologist), Hugh Moxey (asst. commissioner), Tony Hilton (Tubby), Stanley Vilven (Attwood), Hamilton Keane (fire officer)