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Chase a Crooked Shadow (Original title)Sleep No More (Alternative title)
Date: 1957 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Michael Anderson

Synopsis: Lonely heiress terrified by arrival at her Spanish coastal villa of man claiming to be her brother, whom she has identified as killed in a crash a year before. Convinced he is an impostor, but unable to persuade the police or her uncle, she becomes the distracted centre of a conspiracy connected with her late father's missing diamonds.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7816 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (26)
Production Company: Associated Dragon Films, Produced by: Douglas Fairbanks Jr, [Produced by] In association with: Thomas Clyde, Production Manager: Barry Delmaine, Production Supervisor: Tom White, Assistant Director: Robert Lynn, Continuity: Pamela Gayler, Casting Director: Robert Lennard, Screenplay by: David Osborn, Charles Sinclair, Story Supervision: Derry Quinn, Director of Photography: Erwin Hillier, Camera Operator: Tony White, Editor: Gordon Pilkington, Art Director: Paul Sheriff, Dress Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Make-up: Jim Hydes, Hairdressing: A.G. Scott, Music Composed and Conducted by: Matyas Seiber, Guitar Played by: Julian Bream, Sound Recordist: Herbert Bird, Len Shilton, Recording Director: A.W. Lumkin, Dubbing Editor: John V. Smith, Studio: Elstree Studios
Cast (7)
Richard Todd ('Ward Prescott'/Inspector Williams), Anne Baxter (Kimberley Prescott), Herbert Lom (Inspector Vargas), Alexander Knox (Chandler Bridson), Faith Brook (Mrs Whitman), Alan Tilvern (Carlos), Thelma d'aguiar (Maria)