"Her lust for men stopped at nothing...even MURDER!" 01 April 1952 Drama, Crime 67 mins
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.
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Sydney Tafler as Benny
Susan Shaw as Molly
Ronald Howard as Inspector Carson
Melissa Stribling as Caroline
Colin Tapley as Mannering
Laidman Browne as Pop
Gerald Case as Detective Sergeant Stott
Glyn Houston as George
Ian Wallace as Mario
Dorothy Bramhall as Felicity
Martin Benson as Rocco
Helen Christie as Sally
Brian Haines as Wine Waiter
Dick Smith Sound Recordist
Ken Hughes Director
Harold Watson Art Direction
Ted Holliday Assistant Director
William H. Williams Producer
Jayne Seymour Hairdresser
Adrian D. Worker Production Manager
Geoffrey Muller Editor
Dick Smith Sound Supervisor
Josef Ambor Director of Photography
Eric Spear Music
Rex Rienits Original Story
Leslie Sinclair Production Supervisor
United Kingdom 01 April 1952
United States 01 December 1952
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10 April 1952
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
26 March 1952
A woman suspects that the local council is corrupt and building defective drains that could cause public health issues.
26 November 1952
"She Came Like a Wind" - Fabian Rosander works at a factory and is close to 50 years old. When a new employee named Lilly, a young beautiful girl, comes to the factory Fabians life takes a new turn.
15 August 1952
Lady Buckering, an English widow, has four daughters; Doreen, married to Dougall and about to give birth at home, and Gerda, Bicky and Catherine.
01 March 1952
Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.
18 May 1952
Rosa Lulli, has an illegitimate 20-year-old son, named Stefano, who lives with her in the house of Professor Arlotta.
01 July 1952
When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing.
16 October 1952
Long after being deserted by her husband, Linda Harrison will soon be free to marry her lover, Michael Carteret.
02 January 1952
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11 September 1952
Chinese Opera from Hong Kong directed by Lau Fong.
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