The Delavine Affair

The Delavine Affair is a 1954 British crime film directed by Douglas Peirce and starring Peter Reynolds, Honor Blackman and Gordon Jackson.[1] It was based on a novel by Robert Chapman.[2]

The Delavine Affair
Directed byDouglas Peirce
Produced byJohn Croydon
Henry Passmore
Screenplay byGeorge Fisher
Basil Boothroyd (additional dialogue)
Based onthe novel Winter Wears a Shroud (1952) by Robert Chapman
StarringPeter Reynolds
Honor Blackman
Gordon Jackson
CinematographyJonah Jones
Edited byInman Hunter
Production
company
Croydon Passmore Productions
Distributed byMonarch Film Corporation (U.K.)
Release date
3 January 1955 (U.K.)
Running time
64 mins.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Journalist Rex Banner (Peter Reynolds), with the aid of his wife Maxine (Honor Blackman), attempts to solve a jewel robbery, but the criminals try to frame Rex for their murder of a witness.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, noting a "Routine crime drama."[3]

References

  1. "The Delavine Affair (1955)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 via Google Books.
  3. "The Delavine Affair".


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