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The Delavine Affair( 1955)

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Overview

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Peter Reynolds

      Rex Banner

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      Honor Blackman

      Maxine Banner

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      Gordon Jackson

      Peter J. Florian

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      Michael Balfour

      Sammy

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      Valerie Vernon

      Lola Meyerling

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      Katie Johnson

      Mrs. Bissett

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      Peter Neil

      Inspector Johnson

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      Laurie Main

      Willie Summit

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      Peter Swanwick

      Julius Meyerling

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      Mark Daly

      Fred Bissett

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      Anna Turner

      Mrs. Halloran

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      Mae Bacon

      Fanny

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      Vernon Kelso

      Macgregor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Nov 14 2022
    When it looks like newspaper man "Rex Banner" (Peter Reynolds) is being framed for a murder, he and his wife "Maxine" (Honor Blackman) must try to find out just what happened and who might want to frame him! It's a rather messy detective yarn with one too many red herrings and some pretty mediocre writing. Blackman stands out but that isn't hard, and Gordon Jackson really ought to have read the script before he took the part of "Florian". Katie Johnson ("Miss Bissett") steals the show, but features way too infrequently to rescue this bog-standard afternoon feature from the well trodden path of ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • newspaper man