Delayed Action

Delayed Action
Delayed Action
Directed by John Harlow
Written by Geoffrey Orme
Starring Robert Ayres
June Thorburn
Alan Wheatley
Bruce Seton
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Release date(s) July 1954
Running time United Kingdom 58 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Delayed Action is a 1954 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley.[1]

Contents

Plot

Two criminals do a deal with a suicidal man, who will confess to crimes they have committed before killing himself. However he subsequently has a change of heart.[2]

Cast

References

  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30982
  2. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/delayed-action-film

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