''The Marked One'' is a 1963 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 combi ...

directed by

Francis Searle Francis Searle (14 March 1909 – 31 July 2002) was an English film director, writer and producer. He was active in the post-Second World War cinema industry. Amongst the films he directed were '' The Lady Craved Excitement'' (1950), '' One Way Out ...

and starring William Lucas (who starred in several crime b-movies at this time),

Zena Walker Zena Cecilia Walker (7 March 1934 – 24 August 2003) was an English actress in film, theatre and television. Biography Walker was born in the Selly Oak district of Birmingham, the daughter of George Walker, a grocer, and his wife Elizabeth ...

and

Patrick Jordan Albert Patrick Jordan (10 October 1923 – 10 January 2020) was a British stage, film and television actor. Biography He was born and raised in Harrow, Middlesex, the son of Margaret, a cook, and Albert Jordan, a regimental sergeant major. An ...

. The screenplay concerns a forger whose daughter is threatened by other criminals.

Plot summary

A forger's daughter is threatened by other criminals, forcing him to take drastic action.

Cast

* William Lucas as Don Mason *

as Kay Mason *

as Inspector Mayne * Laurie Leigh as Maisie * David Gregory as Ed Jones * Arthur Lovegrove as Benson *

Marianne Stone Marianne Stone (23 August 1922 – 21 December 2009) was an English character actress. She performed in films from the early 1940s to the late 1980s, typically playing working class parts such as barmaids, secretaries and landladies. Stone appe ...

as Mrs. Benson * Kim Tracy as Wanda * Edward Ogden as Nevil Stone *

Frederick Peisley Frederick Walter James Peisley (6 December 1904 – 22 March 1975) was a British stage, film and television actor and theatre director whose career spanned five decades. He is known for ''The Secret of the Loch'' (1934), ''Gentlemen's Agreement' ...

as Mossie * Dorothy Gordon as Ruby * Frank Sieman as Lacey *

Brian Nissen Brian Nissen (20 October 1927 in London – 8 February 2001 in Salisbury, Wiltshire) was a British actor and television continuity announcer. Biography Nissen made an early appearance in Laurence Olivier's film of Shakespeare's ''Henry V'', and ...

as Charles Warren * Lynn Pinkney as Sally * Richard McNeff as Inspector Rogers

References

External links

* 1963 films 1963 crime films British crime films Films directed by Francis Searle Films shot at MGM-British Studios 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-crime-film-stub