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Impulse (Original title)
Date: 1955 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Cy Endfield

Synopsis: An estate agent in a small English town is bored with his life. When an attractive stranger woman crosses his path, he gets mixed up with an escaped criminal and some stolen diamonds. Thinking he's guilty of murder, he nearly flees the country with the woman but everything is straightened out and he returns to his wife and suburban life.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Infidelity, Homicide
Releases
Date: 1955Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 80 mins Length: 7246 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (22)
A Tempean production: Tempean, Presents: Eros Films Ltd, Produced by: Robert S. Baker, Produced by: Monty Berman, Production Manager: George Fowler, Assistant Director: Christopher Noble, Continuity: Doris Martin, Screenplay by: Jonathan Roach, Screenplay by: Lawrence Huntington, Screenplay: John Gilling, From an original story by: Carl Nystrom, Robert S. Baker, Director of Photography: Jonah Jones, Camera Operator: Eric Besche, Editor: Jack Slade, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Make-up: Fred Williamson, Hairdressing: Ann Box, Musical Director: Stanley Black, Sound Recordist: Charles Poulton, Made at: Nettlefold Studios Walton-on-Thames
Cast (8)
Arthur Kennedy (Alan Curtis), Constance Smith (Lila), Joy Shelton (Elizabeth Curtis), Jack Allen (Freddie), James Carney (Jack Forrester), Cameron Hall (Joe), Jean St. Clair (Miss Birchington), Bruce Beeby (Barry)