# Deadly Record

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{{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](/source/Lawrence_Huntington)
| producer       = Vivian A. Cox[Julian Wintle](/source/Julian_Wintle)<br />Leslie Parkyn
| screenplay     = [Vivian A. Cox](/source/Vivian_A._Cox)<br>Lawrence Huntington
| based_on       =
| starring       = [Lee Patterson](/source/Lee_Patterson)<br>[Barbara Shelley](/source/Barbara_Shelley)<br>[Jane Hylton](/source/Jane_Hylton)<br>[Peter Dyneley](/source/Peter_Dyneley)<br>[Geoffrey Keen](/source/Geoffrey_Keen)<br>[John Paul](/source/John_Paul_(actor))
| music          = Neville Mcgrah
| cinematography = [Eric Cross](/source/Eric_Cross_(cinematographer))
| editing        = Eric Boyd-Perkins
| studio         = [Independent Artists](/source/Independent_Artists_(company))
| distributor    = [Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors](/source/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](/source/B_movie)<ref name="Chibnall">{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[BFI](/source/BFI)/[Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=100}}</ref> [crime drama](/source/Crime_film) directed by [Lawrence Huntington](/source/Lawrence_Huntington), starring [Lee Patterson](/source/Lee_Patterson) and [Barbara Shelley](/source/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](/source/Vivian_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](/source/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](/source/Lee_Patterson) as Trevor Hamilton
* [Barbara Shelley](/source/Barbara_Shelley) as Susan Webb
* [Jane Hylton](/source/Jane_Hylton) as Ann Garfield
* [Peter Dyneley](/source/Peter_Dyneley) as Dr. Morrow
* [Geoffrey Keen](/source/Geoffrey_Keen) as Supt. Ambrose
* [John Paul](/source/John_Paul_(actor)) as Phil Gamage
* [Everley Gregg](/source/Everley_Gregg) as Mrs. Mac
* [Edward Cast](/source/Edward_Cast) as Constable Ryder
* [George Pastell](/source/George_Pastell) as Angelo
* [Ferdy Mayne](/source/Ferdy_Mayne) as Ramon Casadas
* [April Olrich](/source/April_Olrich) as Carmela
* [Percy Herbert](/source/Percy_Herbert_(actor)) as Belcher

==Critical reception==
''[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/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](/source/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](/source/David_Quinlan_(film_critic)) 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.](/source/Batsford_Books) |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>

==References==
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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](/source/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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