Witness in the Dark

Blind telephone operator Jane Pringle (Patricia Dainton) is present when her neighbour, elderly Mrs. Temple (Enid Lorimer), is murdered by an intruder (Nigel Green) searching for a jewelled brooch. On the staircase, Jane accidentally brushes against the killer. Later, when Jane inherits the valuable brooch from Mrs. Temple, she finds herself targeted by the intruder.

• Patricia Dainton as Jane Pringle
• Conrad Phillips as Inspector Coates
• Madge Ryan as Mrs. Finch
• Nigel Green as the Intruder
• Enid Lorimer as Mrs. Temple
• Richard O'Sullivan as Don Theobald
• Stuart Saunders as Mr. Finch
• Noel Trevarthen as Sergeant Jones
• Maureen O'Reilly as Sophie Trellan
• Ian Colin as Superintendent Thompson
• Larry Burns as Carter
• Ann Wrigg as Woman Neighbour
• Frazer Hines as Newsboy

The Radio Times wrote, "Coming between Bachelor of Hearts and Village of the Damned, this is one of Wolf Rilla's lesser efforts. However, he conjures up a pleasing sense of menace that anticipates Wait until Dark as he subjects blind telephonist Patricia Dainton to the murderous machinations of a prowler. As so often in thrillers of this kind, much depends on contrivance and the script might have concealed its hand with a little more artfulness. But Dainton's performance is superior to that seen in the majority of British Bs";[2] TV Guide on the other hand, found it "Standard and predictable," though agreed that "Dainton gives a nice performance";[3] while NoirWorthWatching described the film as "efficiently directed," and concluded that it "in many ways is more of a movie than its 62-minute length might suggest. Very much worth watching."[4]

• Witness in the Dark at IMDb