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Timeslip (Original title)The Atomic Man (Alternative title)
Dates: 1955 (Copyright), 24 October 1955 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Ken Hughes

Synopsis: Mike Delany is convinced that the body found in the Thames is that of nuclear scientist Stephen Rayner. Who then is the man posing as Rayner at a top-secret atomic establishment?

Genre:
Science Fiction

Subject:
Espionage
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8385 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: October 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 92 mins 57 secs - Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Credits (26)
©: Anglo-Guild Productions, Production Company: Merton Park, Produced by: Alec C. Snowden, Production Manager: Jim O'Connolly, Assistant Director (1st): Denis Johnson, Assistant Director (2nd): Ted Sturgis, Continuity: Marjorie Owens, Screenplay by: Charles Eric Maine, [Based on his TV play]: Charles Eric Maine, Director of Photography: A.T. Dinsdale, Camera Operator: Ron Robson, Stills Cameraman: Charles Trigg, Film Editor: Geoffrey Muller, Art Director: George Haslam, Wardrobe Mistress: June Kirby, Make-up: Jack Craig, Hair Dresser: June Robinson, Music Director: Richard Taylor, Sound Supervisor: Richard A. Smith, Sound Recordist: Dick Smith, Ron Abbott, [Sound Re-recording]: Peter T. Davies, Logo [Sound System]: Western Electric, Sound Editor: Jim Groom, Made at: Merton Park
Cast (23)
Gene Nelson (Mike Delaney), Faith Domergue (Jill Robowski), Joseph Tomelty (Detective Inspector Cleary), Donald Gray (Maitland), Vic Perry (Vasquo), Paul Hardtmuth (Bressler), Martin Wyldeck (Dr Preston), Peter Arne (Stephen Rayner/Jarvis), Leonard Williams (Detective Sergeant Haines), Barry Mackay (Inspector Hammond), Mary Jones (Sister Braun), Philip Dale (Dr Peters), Carl Jaffe (Dr Marks), Patricia Driscoll, Philippa Hiatt (x-ray assistant), Gordon Bell (assistant surgeon), Ian Cooper (anaesthetist), Vanda Godsell (stenographer), Launce Maraschal (editor), Charles Hawtrey (office boy), Dervis Ward (Allegan), Anthony Woodruffe (nuclear physicist), Brian O'Higgins (Pat the barman)