{{Short description|1959 British film by Lawrence Huntington}} {{Infobox film | name = Deadly Record | image = Deadly_Record_(1959_film).jpg
| caption = Original British quad poster | director = Lawrence Huntington | producer = Vivian A. CoxJulian Wintle<br />Leslie Parkyn | screenplay = Vivian A. Cox<br>Lawrence Huntington | based_on = | starring = Lee Patterson<br>Barbara Shelley<br>Jane Hylton<br>Peter Dyneley<br>Geoffrey Keen<br>John Paul | music = Neville Mcgrah | cinematography = Eric Cross | editing = Eric Boyd-Perkins | studio = Independent Artists | distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors {{small|(UK)}} | released = {{Film date|1959|06||UK}} | runtime = 58 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }}'''''Deadly Record''''' is a 1959 British second feature<ref name="Chibnall">{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=100}}</ref> crime drama directed by Lawrence Huntington, starring Lee Patterson and Barbara Shelley.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Deadly Record |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150015713 |access-date=28 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by Vivian A. Cox and Huntington based on the 1958 novel by Nina Warner Hooke.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&q=deadly+record+1959+denis+gifford&pg=PA675|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set – The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|year=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref> It aired in the US in the ''Kraft Mystery Theatre'' TV series.<ref>Stars of Mystery ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'' 21 June 1961: C8.</ref>
== Plot == When airline pilot Trevor Hamilton's wife is murdered, he is wrongly accused of the crime.
==Cast== * Lee Patterson as Trevor Hamilton * Barbara Shelley as Susan Webb * Jane Hylton as Ann Garfield * Peter Dyneley as Dr. Morrow * Geoffrey Keen as Supt. Ambrose * John Paul as Phil Gamage * Everley Gregg as Mrs. Mac * Edward Cast as Constable Ryder * George Pastell as Angelo * Ferdy Mayne as Ramon Casadas * April Olrich as Carmela * Percy Herbert as Belcher
==Critical reception== ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "A routine whodunit of the most familiar kind, but with a commodious bag of suspects and an air of brisk efficiency."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1959 |title=Deadly Record |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305822193 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=26 |issue=300 |pages=88 |id={{ProQuest|1305822193}} }}</ref>
In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Very familiar plot at least moves with pace and confidence."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=B.T. Batsford Ltd. |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=299}}</ref>
''DVD Beaver'' wrote "The film is better than most for this pleasurable genre of short Brit crime-thrillers. I will watch it again when the mood strikes."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film5/dvd_reviews_64/deadly_record.htm|title=Deadly Record – Lee Patterson|website=www.dvdbeaver.com}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20190507130901/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a88e8c8 Deadly Record] at BFI * [https://letterboxd.com/film/deadly-record/ Deadly Record] at Letterbox DVD * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204247/ Deadly Record] at IMDb {{Lawrence Huntington}}
Category:1959 films Category:British crime drama films Category:British black-and-white films Category:1959 crime drama films Category:1959 English-language films Category:1959 British films Category:English-language crime drama films
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