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Delayed Action

Delayed Action

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Crime
📜 Overview: Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1954-07-01
⌚ Running Time: 58 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.2

Beloved Cast

Robert Ayres original image
Ned Ellison
Robert Ayres
June Thorburn original image
Anne Curlew
June Thorburn
Alan Wheatley original image
Mark Cruden
Alan Wheatley
Bruce Seton original image
Sellars
Bruce Seton
Michael Balfour original image
Honey
Michael Balfour
Ballard Berkeley original image
Insp. Crane
Ballard Berkeley
Michael Kelly original image
Lobb
Michael Kelly
John Horsley original image
Worsley
John Horsley
Olive Kirby original image
Angela Bentley
Olive Kirby
Ian Fleming original image
Dr. Jepson
Ian Fleming
Myrtle Reed original image
Jackie
Myrtle Reed
Dennis Chinnery original image
Bank cashier
Dennis Chinnery
Charles Lamb original image
Bank clerk
Charles Lamb

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