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April 1965 (USA) morePlot:
An American wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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OK psychological thriller from Hammer moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Robert Webber | ... | Chris Smith | |
| Anthony Newlands | ... | Dr. Keller | |
| Jennifer Jayne | ... | Gina McConnell | |
| Maurice Denham | ... | Hemmings | |
| Lelia Goldoni | ... | Denise James | |
| Peter Woodthorpe | ... | Marcus Allan | |
| Sandra Boize | ... | English Girl | |
| Sue Lloyd | ... | French Girl | |
| John Arnatt | ... | Mr. James | |
| Marianne Stone | ... | Marcus Allan's Secretary | |
| Irene Richmond | |||
| Kiwi Kingston |
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85 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)Filming Locations:
MGM British Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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This is one of the low-budget black & white thrillers Hammer Studio in England made in the early 1960s. Chris Smith (Robert Webber) is an American in London and has complete amnesia after a car crash. An anonymous person pays for his medical treatment and buys him a penthouse in a deserted high rise. Almost immediately he starts hearing voices and sees hints of a murder--but is it real or is he imaging things? There are a few major problems with this movie--there's a pointlessly loud jazz score that was totally at odds with the subject matter, Webber smirks his way through his performance, the plot was needlessly convoluted and it was pretty easy to guess who was doing what. Still this is an OK thriller. It was beautifully shot in moody black and white and well-directed by talented cinematographer Freddie Francis. The first half of the movie is also very good when Webber tries to figure out what's going on. When everything is revealed this starts to really unravel. Ultimately the plot is just too unbelievable to take seriously. This (understandably) got a bad reaction when released in 1965 and disappeared quickly. Still, there are far worse movies out there and this is fun in a turn off your brain kind of way. I give it a 6.