The Desperate Man

1959
57m

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Conrad Phillips in The Desperate Man (1959)

Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.Two reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.

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Final film of Doris Yorke.

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Carol Bourne: No thanks, I'm watching my figure.
Curtis: That makes two of us.

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5/10

Minor But A Fine Hartnell Performance

Newspaperman Conrad Phillips is vacationing when he encounters Jill Ireland who's trying to make the leap from ladies' features to crime. A man has been found dead, and the two of them track down the site of the murder to a nearby castle's moat. When the police give up, all the other reporters follow them, but Miss Ireland has a hunch: she thinks the man was murdered by someone who was looking about the castle, and will return. Phillips goes with her and they discover William Hartnell with a gun. He holds Miss Ireland captive while he sends Phillips on errands, preparatory to fleeing.

There are some subplots cut from this very short B feature, like smarmy Charles Gray and his desire to make of Miss Ireland something other than a reporter. The two leads vanish in the face of Hartnell's vicious crook; it's quite a performance in a very minor crime film.