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Radio Cab Murder is a British film of genre Drama directed by Vernon Sewell with Jimmy Hanley

Radio Cab Murder (1954)

Radio Cab Murder
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Length 1h10
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Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating61% 3.0935153.0935153.0935153.0935153.093515

Radio Cab Murder is a 1954 British crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Lana Morris and Sonia Holm.

Synopsis

After serving a term in prison for safe-cracking, Fred Morris finds work as a Taxicab driver. He is approached by a gang that recruits ex-cons, but, wishing to go straight, he informs the police and they send him undercover to join the gang and expose its leader. But the gang discovers Morris's identity and tries to kill him by locking him in a deep freezer. He is saved by his cabby friends who ride to the rescue and corner the crooks.

Actors

Jimmy Hanley

(Fred)Lana Morris

(Myra)Sonia Holm

(Jean)Jack Allen

(Parker)Rupert Evans
And :
Samuel John Kydd
Pat McGrath
Frank Thornton
Elizabeth Seal
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