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The Dark Stairway is a British film of genre Crime directed by Ken Hughes with Russell Napier

The Dark Stairway (1954)

The Dark Stairway
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Length 32minutes
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Genres Crime
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The Dark Stairway is a 1953 British short film. It was one of a series of shorts made for British cinemas as second features in the 1950s by Merton Park Studios about Scotland Yard, called Scotland Yard. They were narrated by crime writer Edgar Lustgarten, and subsequently broadcast as TV episodes.


The film was also known as The Greek Street Murder.

Synopsis

A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd. Benson finds himself accused of the murder. Inspector Jack Hammond finds the murder weapon and discovers Carpenter was murdered because he betrayed Lloyd to the police. Benson manages to identify Lloyd by his rin, voice and aftershave smell.

Actors

Russell Napier

(Inspector Harmer)Vincent Ball

(Sergeant Gifford)Edwin Richfield
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