Face in the Night is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni and Vincent Ball.[1] It was based on the novel Suspense by prolific crime writer Bruce Graeme.[2] The film was released in the U.S. as Menace in the Night.
Face in the Night | |
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Directed by | Lance Comfort |
Written by | Bruce Graeme (novel) Norman Hudis John Sherman |
Produced by | Charles Leeds |
Starring | Griffith Jones Lisa Gastoni Vincent Ball Eddie Byrne |
Cinematography | Arthur Graham |
Edited by | Peter Pitt |
Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
Production company | Gibraltar Films |
Distributed by | Grand National Pictures United Artists (US) |
Release date | June 1957 |
Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
A young woman witnesses a mailbag robbery that ends with a dead postman, but she is intimidated into not coming forward.
Allmovie wrote, "this British crime quickie reads rather better than it plays";[3] while TV Guide wrote that the film is "hampered by some less-than-impressive camerawork";[4] but Sky Movies noted "a crisp thriller, economic in length but correspondingly fast in pace and actionful."[5]
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