''Park Plaza 605'', released as ''Norman Conquest'' in the United States, is a 1953 British crime film. Made as a B movie, it stars

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, and Joy Shelton, and also features

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. It is based on the ''Norman Conquest'' series of novels by Berkeley Gray.

Plot

Private investigator Norman Conquest stumbles across a cryptic message being sent by carrier pigeon and his curiosity leads him to room 605 of the Park Plaza Hotel, where he meets a mysterious foreign blonde woman, and finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation with himself as the prime suspect.

Cast

as Norman Conquest *

as Nadina Rodin *

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as Pixie Everard *

as Superintendent Bill Williams *

as Theodore Feather *

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as Boris Roff *

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as Ivan Burgin * Robert Adair as Baron von Henschel * Anton Diffring as Gregor * Ian Fleming as Colonel Santling *

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as Mr Reynolds * Michael Balfour as Ted Birston *

Martin Boddey Albert Martin Boddey (16 April 1907 – 24 October 1975) was a British film and television actor. He was a founder member of the Lord's Taverners charity. Boddey started acting when he was nearly 40, often portraying irritable authority fig ...

as Stumpy *

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 (TV series), Bergerac'', which ran for nine series on BBC One be ...

as Hotel Manager * Victor Platt as Taxi Driver * Leon Davey as Mandeville Livingstone *

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as Barkov * Tony Hilton as Lift attendant * Alan Rolfe as Police inspector * Derek Prentice as Hall porter * Frank Sieman as Captain Kramer * Brian Moorehead as First mate * Billie Hill as Mrs Pottle * Anthony Woodruff as Clerk

Critical reception

'' Radio Times'' called ''Park Plaza 605'' a "fair British B-feature."

References

External links

* 1953 films 1953 crime films Films directed by Bernard Knowles British crime films British black-and-white films Films based on British novels Films based on mystery novels 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-crime-film-stub