Archive features
Room to Let
1950
It was both opportune and reassuring for invalid Mrs Musgrave and her daughter Alice when the Doctor rented rooms in their house, especially as the city was witnessing a series of brutal murders in Whitechapel. However, as the two women slowly become ...
PRODUCTIONS
Mantrap
aka There is No Escape | Man in Hiding | Woman in Hiding [USA]
1953
- Director: Terence Fisher
- Cast: Paul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Keiron Moore, Hugh Sinclair, Lloyd Lamble, Anthony Forwood, Bill Travers, Mary Laura Wood, Kay Kendall, John Penrose, Liam Gaffney, Conrad Phillips, John Stuart, Anna Turner, Christina Forrest, Arnold Diamond, Jane Welsh
Synposis
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop (Henreid) who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight (Maxwell) and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
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