Note tilted cameras in hide and seek sequence a year before The Third Man. House and staircase beautifully filmed by Georges Perinal (operator Denys Coop) William Alwyn's music an asset.
Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Denis O'Dea (Inspector), Jack Hawkins, Walter Fitzgerald (doctor), Dandy Nichols (cleaner, O Lucky Man), Karol Stepanke (First Secretary), Gerard Heinz (Ambassador), Torin Thatcher (policeman), James Hayter, Bernard Lee, Geoffrey Keen, Dora Bryan (prostitute, The Blue Lamp, Carry on Sergeant, A Taste of Honey), Hay Petrie (clock winder, The Red Shoes, Great Expectations, A Canterbury Tale, On Approval, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing).
Brilliant ending. Written by Graham Greene, from his 1936 short story 'The Basement Room'.
'Cheston Square' is in fact Grosvenor Crescent, Belgravia, the heart of Embassy locations.
Edited by Oswald Hafenrichter, AD Guy Hamilton, sets Vincent Korda.
The Star Tavern is still there:
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