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A Woman of Mystery is a British film of genre Crime with Dermot Walsh

A Woman of Mystery (1958)

A Woman of Mystery
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Length 1h11
Genres Crime
Rating59% 2.999742.999742.999742.999742.99974

A Woman of Mystery (1958) is a British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, and Ferdy Mayne. The film features an early performance from Michael Caine in an uncredited role.

Synopsis

Ray Savage, reporter for a sensational magazine in London is assigned over his objections to investigate a pretty blonde hat-check attendant's suicide. Inquiring at Jane Hale's place of work he learns that someone from her past had recognized her, and she was afraid. Finding a luggage label on her suitcase, he follows the lead to a dubious hotel where the manager tells him someone had taken a shot at her while she was staying there. From there he goes to her former place of work, then to the home of her friend at work who tells him that Miss Hale regularly called her mother, long distance. Following the number to a sanatorium where questioning Mrs. Hale yields nothing, but the cooperative administrator tells him the upscale neighborhood Jane was living before she went on the run.

Actors

Dermot Walsh

(Ray Savage)Hazel Court

(Joy Grant)Jennifer Jayne

(Ruby Ames)Ferdy Mayne

(Andre)Ernest Clark

(Harvey)
And :
Martin Benson
Gordon Tanner
Michael Caine
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