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Mr. Denning Drives North( 1951)

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Overview

When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Mills

      Tom Denning

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      Phyllis Calvert

      Kay Denning

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      Eileen Moore

      Liz Denning

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      Sam Wanamaker

      Chick Eddowes

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      Herbert Lom

      Mados

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      Raymond Huntley

      Wright

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      Bernard Lee

      Inspector Dodds

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      Russell Waters

      Harry Stoper

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      Wilfrid Hyde-White

      Woods

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      Freda Jackson

      Ma Smith

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      Trader Faulkner

      Ted Smith

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      Sheila Shand Gibbs

      Matilda

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      Michael Shepley

      Chairman of Court

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      Ronald Adam

      Coroner

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      John Stuart

      Wilson

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      Hugh Morton

      Inspector Snell

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      David Davies

      Chauffeur

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      Ambrosine Phillpotts

      Miss Blade

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      Herbert C. Walton

      Yardley

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      John Stevens

      First Patrolman

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      Lyn Evans

      Mr. Fisher

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      John Warren

      Mr. Ash

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      Raymond Francis

      Clerk of the Court

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      Edward Evans

      Second Patrolman

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      Madge Brindley

      Gypsy (uncredited)

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      Sam Kydd

      (uncredited)

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      Harry Terry

      Gypsy (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Jan 03 2017
    The Denning Desperation. Mr. Denning Drives North is directed by Anthony Kimmins and adapted to screenplay from his own novel by Alec Coppel. It stars John Mills, Phyliss Calvert, Eileen Moore, Sam Wannamaker and Herbert Lom. Music is by Benjamin Frankel and cinematography by John Wilcox. A splendid collage of murder mystery, noir and thriller - with a slice of Hitchcockian black humour thrown in for good measure, Kimmins' film deserves to be better known. Plot finds Mills as the Mr. Denning of the title, who after accidentally killing what he believes to be his daughter's unscrupulous bo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • hit-and-run