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At the Stroke of Nine is a British film of genre Drama directed by Lance Comfort with Patricia Dainton

At the Stroke of Nine (1957)

At the Stroke of Nine
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Length 1h11
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Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating48% 2.4279652.4279652.4279652.4279652.427965

At the Stroke of Nine is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and Dermot Walsh. The plot follows a high-flying female journalist who is kidnapped by a madman. He forces her to write articles about him and threatens to kill her.

Synopsis

L'intrigue suit une célèbre journaliste de Fleet Street (Patricia Dainton ) qui est enlevé par un pianiste de concert (Stephen Murray ) qui la force à écrire une histoire quotidienne sur lui et menace de la tuer dans un délai de cinq jours si elle refuse.

Actors

Patricia Dainton

(Sally Bryant)Patrick Barr

(Frank)Dermot Walsh

(MacDonnell)Clifford Evans

(Inspector Hudgell)Alexander Doré

(Carter)
And :
William Moore
Marianne Stone
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