''Blind Man's Bluff'' is a 1952 British
crime film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...
directed by
Charles Saunders and starring
Zena Marshall
Zena Moyra Marshall (1 January 1926 – 10 July 2009) was a British actress of film and television, who was born in Kenya.
Early years
Marshall was of English, Irish and (on her mother's side) French descent.
Though born in Kenya, after her ...
,
Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Personal life
Tafler was bor ...
, and Anthony Pendrell.
BFI.org
/ref> It was produced as a second feature
A B movie or B film is a low-budget commercial motion picture. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified films intended for distribution as the less-publicized bottom half of a double featur ...
for release on the lower half of a double bill
The double feature is a motion picture industry phenomenon in which theatres would exhibit two films for the price of one, supplanting an earlier format in which one feature film and various short subject reels would be shown.
Opera use
Opera ho ...
.
Cast
* Zena Marshall
Zena Moyra Marshall (1 January 1926 – 10 July 2009) was a British actress of film and television, who was born in Kenya.
Early years
Marshall was of English, Irish and (on her mother's side) French descent.
Though born in Kenya, after her ...
as Christine Stevens
* Sydney Tafler
Sydney Tafler (31 July 1916 – 8 November 1979) was an English actor who after having started his career on stage, was best remembered for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Personal life
Tafler was bor ...
as Rikki Martin
* Anthony Pendrell as Roger Morley
* Russell Napier
Russell Gordon Napier (28 November 1910 – 19 August 1974) was an Australian actor.
Biography
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the scree ...
as Stevens
* Norman Shelley
Norman Shelley (16 February 1903 – 21 August 1980) was a British actor, best known for his work in radio, in particular for the BBC's '' Children's Hour''. He also had a recurring role as Colonel Danby in the long-running radio soap opera ''T ...
as Inspector Morley
* John Le Mesurier
John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation co ...
as Lefty Jones
* Tony Doonan as Charley
* Barbara Shaw as Clare Raven
* Joan Hickson
Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christie's Miss Marple in the television series ''Miss Marple''. She also narrated a number ...
as Mrs. Kipps
* Michael Ward as Jewellers Assistant
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
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1952 films
Films directed by Charles Saunders
1952 crime films
British crime films
British black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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