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Witness in the Dark is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Patricia Dainton, Conrad Phillips, Madge Ryan, and Nigel Green.[1][2] It was produced by Patricia Dainton's husband, Norman Williams (producer).

Witness in the Dark
British theatrical poster
Directed byWolf Rilla
Screenplay byLeigh Vance
John Lemont
Based onan original play by James Parish
Produced byNorman Williams
StarringPatricia Dainton
Conrad Phillips
Madge Ryan
Nigel Green
CinematographyBrendan J. Stafford
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byPhilip Green
Production
companies
Alliance Film Distributors Limited (present)
Sydney Box Associates (present)
Ethiro Productions
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • December 1959 (1959-12) (UK)
Running time
62 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Premise


Blind telephone operator Jane Pringle (Patricia Dainton) is present when her neighbour, elderly Mrs. Temple (Enid Lorimer), is murdered by an intruder (Nigel Green) searching for a jewelled brooch. On the staircase, Jane brushes against the killer as he runs away. Later, when Jane inherits the valuable brooch from Mrs. Temple, she finds herself targeted by the intruder.


Cast



Critical reception


The Radio Times wrote, "Coming between Bachelor of Hearts and Village of the Damned, this is one of Wolf Rilla's lesser efforts. However, he conjures up a pleasing sense of menace that anticipates Wait until Dark as he subjects blind telephonist Patricia Dainton to the murderous machinations of a prowler. As so often in thrillers of this kind, much depends on contrivance and the script might have concealed its hand with a little more artfulness. But Dainton's performance is superior to that seen in the majority of British Bs";[2] TV Guide on the other hand, found it "Standard and predictable," though agreed that "Dainton gives a nice performance";[3] while NoirWorthWatching described the film as "efficiently directed," and concluded that it "in many ways is more of a movie than its 62-minute length might suggest. Very much worth watching."[4]


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