A Killer Walks
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Directed byRonald Drake
Written byRonald Drake
Based onnovel Envy My Simplicity by Rayner Barton
play Gathering Storm by Gordon Glennon[1]
play Gathering Storm by Gordon Glennon[1]
Produced byJohn Ainsworth
Ronald Drake
Ronald Drake
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| Directed by | Ronald Drake |
| Written by | Ronald Drake |
| Based on | novel Envy My Simplicity by Rayner Barton play Gathering Storm by Gordon Glennon[1] |
| Produced by | John Ainsworth Ronald Drake |
| Starring | Laurence Harvey Trader Faulkner Susan Shaw Laurence Naismith |
| Cinematography | Jack Asher Phil Grindrod |
| Edited by | John Dunsford |
| Music by | Eric Spear |
Production company | Leontine Entertainments |
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Running time | 57 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Killer Walks is a 1952 British film noir directed and written by Ronald Drake and starring Laurence Harvey, Trader Faulkner and Susan Shaw.[2][3]
Two brothers, Ned and Frankie, live on a farm with their elderly grandmother. Ned despises being a farm labourer and falls in love with a girl from the city. She does not like farm life either and dreams of having her own hair salon.
Frankie is a somnambulist and one night he kills a bull with his gun. He also has many knives. This gives Ned an idea: what if he stabs his grandmother and blames Frankie for the murder? Then he will inherit the farm and buy a hair salon for his beloved.
Cast
- Susan Shaw as Joan Gray
- Laurence Harvey as Ned Harsten
- Trader Faulkner as Frankie Harsten
- Laurence Naismith as Doctor James
- Sheila Shand Gibbs as Brenda
- Ethel Edwards as Gran Elizabeth
- Valentine Dunn as Brenda's mother
- Madge Brindley as Mrs. Ramble
- John Ainsworth as Tony