Breakaway (1955 film)

Breakaway is a 1955 British thriller film directed by Henry Cass from a script by Norman Hudis.[1] It stars Tom Conway, Michael Balfour and Honor Blackman.[2] A Private eye is hot on the tail of a stolen secret formula and a kidnapped young woman.

Breakaway
Directed byHenry Cass
Produced byRobert S. Baker
Monty Berman
Written byNorman Hudis
Based onan original story by Manning O'Brine
StarringTom Conway
Michael Balfour
Honor Blackman
Brian Worth
Music byStanley Black
Ivor Slaney
CinematographyMonty Berman
Edited byAnne Barker
Production
company
Cipa
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures (UK)
Release date
  • 16 July 1956 (1956-07-16) (UK)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Critical reception

In a contemporary review, Today's Cinema called the film "slickly manufactured crime entertainment";[3] while more recently, TV Guide called it an "Absurd whodunit."[4]

See also

References

  1. "Breakaway". 16 July 1956 via www.imdb.com.
  2. "Breakaway (1956)".
  3. Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). The British 'B' Film. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781844575749 via Google Books.
  4. "Breakaway". TVGuide.com.


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