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In the Wake of a Stranger is a 1959 British thriller film directed by David Eady and starring Tony Wright, Shirley Eaton and Danny Green.[2] In the film, a group of murderers try to frame an innocent sailor, Tom Cassidy (Tony Wright), for their crime.

In the Wake of a Stranger
Directed by	David Eady
Written by	John Tully
Based on	novel In the Wake of a Stranger by Ian Stuart Black[1]
Produced by	Jacques de Lane Lea Jon Penington
Starring	Tony Wright Shirley Eaton
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	John Seabourne
Music by	Edwin Astley
Production company	Crescent Films
Distributed by	Butcher's Film Service(UK)
Release date	June 1959 (UK)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• Tony Wright - Tom Cassidy
• Shirley Eaton - Joyce Edwards
• Danny Green - Barnes
• Willoughby Goddard - Shafto
• Harry H. Corbett - McCabe
• Tom Bowman - Spike
• Alun Owen - Ferris
• Barbara Archer - Barmaid
• Vanda Godsell - Hetty McCabe
• James Ottaway - Johnson
• Peter Sinclair - Sea Captain
• Peter Carver - Lorry Driver
• Frank Pemberton - Landlord
• Patricia Dean - Secretary
• David Hemmings - Schoolboy

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, writing, "The plot is confusing and often illogical, and the love story only gets in the way of the mystery";[3] and Leonard Maltin gave the film two out of four stars, calling it, "just fair."[4]

References

External links

• In the Wake of a Stranger at IMDb

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