Doublecross (Original title)The Queer Fish (Alternative title)Double Cross (Help search title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 26 March 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Anthony Squire
Synopsis: A Cornish poacher/fisherman, Albert Pascoe, is paid by two men and a woman to take them over to France by trawler, unaware that they have stolen top secret documents, killing a man in the process. During the voyage, Pascoe overhears them talking about the killing and turns the boat back towards Cornwall, but fixing the compass to give the impression to the passengers that they are still on course for the French coast. On reaching the coast the woman, Anna, warns Pascoe that he will be killed once he has put them ashore. Having rowed the two men ashore in a small boat, Pascoe overpowers them and makes his escape back to the trawler. Reaching his home port, he explains to the police that he landed the two men in a small cove from which they will not be able to climb out. All charges against Anna will be dropped.
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Smuggling, Poaching
Releases
Date: February 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins 05 secs - Length: 6410 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Lion Film Corporation
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 26 March 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Anthony Squire
Synopsis: A Cornish poacher/fisherman, Albert Pascoe, is paid by two men and a woman to take them over to France by trawler, unaware that they have stolen top secret documents, killing a man in the process. During the voyage, Pascoe overhears them talking about the killing and turns the boat back towards Cornwall, but fixing the compass to give the impression to the passengers that they are still on course for the French coast. On reaching the coast the woman, Anna, warns Pascoe that he will be killed once he has put them ashore. Having rowed the two men ashore in a small boat, Pascoe overpowers them and makes his escape back to the trawler. Reaching his home port, he explains to the police that he landed the two men in a small cove from which they will not be able to climb out. All charges against Anna will be dropped.
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Subjects: Smuggling, Poaching
Releases
Date: February 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins 05 secs - Length: 6410 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: British Lion Film Corporation
Date: 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 71 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company: Beaconsfield Films Ltd., ©: Group 3, Produced by: Donald Taylor, Production Manager: Ben Arbeid, Assistant Director: George Pollard, Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Screenplay: Anthony Squire, Screenplay: Kem Bennett, From the story 'The Queer Fish' by: Kem Bennett, Photography: Kenneth Talbot, Camera Operator: Gerry Massy Collier, Camera Operator: Ken Hodges, Editor: Peter Hunt, Art Director: Dennis Wreford, Costume Supervisor: Julia Squire, Wardrobe: Rene Coke, Make-up: Gerry Fairbank, Hair Stylist: Betty Sherriff, Music: Edward Williams, Bell ringing: Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bellringers, Music Director: Marcus Dods, Sound Recordist: Baron Mason, Sound: Anvil Films, Dialect Adviser: Robert Shaw
Cast
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Donald Houston (Albert Pascoe), Fay Compton (Alice Pascoe), William Hartnell (Herbert Whiteway), Delphi Lawrence (Anna Krassin), Anton Diffring (Dmitri Krassin), Frank Lawton (chief constable), John Blythe (Fred Trewin), Allan Cuthbertson (Clifford), Ann Stephens (Rose), Bruce Gordon (Harry Simms), Raymond Francis (Inspector Harris), Colin Douglas (police sergeant), Toby Perkins (Langford), Kenneth Cope (Jeffrey, coastguard), Harry Towb (publican), Robert Shaw (Ernest), Doris Yorke (Mrs. Whiteway), Gene Anderson (Mrs. Trewin), Mary Jones (Mrs. Simms), Christopher Warby (Jimmy Simms), Brian Franklin (Ken Simms), Lucy Griffiths (barmaid), Leonard Morris (darts team leader), Helena Pickard (Mrs. Ernest), John Pike (Jackie)