''Death Is a Number'' is a 1951 British
horror film
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Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
directed by Robert Henryson and starring
Terence Alexander
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama '' Bergerac'', which ran for nine series on BBC One between 1981 and 1991.
...
,
Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the 1953 West End musical '' The Glorious Days''.
Selected filmography
* ''Asking for Trouble'' (1942)
* ''In Which We Serve'' (1942)
* ''We'll Meet Again'' ...
and
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
.
Plot
A racing driver is persecuted by the number 9.
Cast
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Terence Alexander
Terence Joseph Alexander (11 March 1923 – 28 May 2009) was an English film and television actor, best known for his role as Charlie Hungerford in the British TV drama '' Bergerac'', which ran for nine series on BBC One between 1981 and 1991.
...
- Alan Robert
*
Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the 1953 West End musical '' The Glorious Days''.
Selected filmography
* ''Asking for Trouble'' (1942)
* ''In Which We Serve'' (1942)
* ''We'll Meet Again'' ...
- Joan Robert
*
Peter Gawthorne
Peter Gawthorne (1 September 1884 – 17 March 1962) was an Anglo-Irish actor, probably best known for his roles in the films of Will Hay and other popular British comedians of the 1930s and 1940s. Gawthorne was one of Britain's most called-upo ...
- James Gregson
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Denis Webb
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People
* Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and first bishop of Paris
* Denis the Areopagite, Biblical figure
* Denis, son of Ampud (died 1236), baron in the Kingdom of Hungary
* Denis the Carthusian (1402–1 ...
- John Bridgnorth
*
Isabel George
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- Nurse
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Ingeborg von Kusserow
Ingeborg von Kusserow (28 January 1919 – 14 April 2014) was a German film actress.
Biography
Kusserow was born in Wollstein, Province of Posen, Germany (today Wolsztyn, Poland).
She starred in Nazi propaganda films during the Third Reich, wh ...
- Gipsy
Critical reception
''
TV Guide
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'' rated the film two out of five stars, noting an "Okay, if forgotten, melodrama."
References
External links
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1951 films
1951 horror films
British horror films
British black-and-white films
1950s English-language films
1950s British films
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