Account Rendered (1957 film)
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Directed byPeter Graham Scott
Screenplay byBarbara S. Harper
Based onnovel by Pamela Barrington
Produced byFrancis Edge
Luigi Rovere
John Temple-Smith
Luigi Rovere
John Temple-Smith
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![](#/media/File:"Account_Rendered"_(1957).jpg) Original British quad poster | |
| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Screenplay by | Barbara S. Harper |
| Based on | novel by Pamela Barrington |
| Produced by | Francis Edge Luigi Rovere John Temple-Smith |
| Starring | Griffith Jones Ursula Howells Honor Blackman |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | Tom Simpson |
Production company | Major Pictures |
| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Account Rendered is a 1957 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Griffith Jones, Ursula Howells and Honor Blackman.[2] It was written by Barbara S. Harper based on Pamela Barrington's 1953 novel of the same name. It was released by the Rank Organisation.
When wealthy Lucille Ainsworth is found strangled on Hampstead Heath, Detective Inspector Marshall is put on the case. Lucille's husband Robert suspected her of being unfaithful, and had been following her. But he is just one of many suspects with a motive for murder.
Cast
- Griffith Jones as Robert Ainsworth
- Ursula Howells as Lucille Ainsworth
- Honor Blackman as Sarah Hayward
- Ewen Solon as Detective Inspector Marshall
- Carl Bernard as Gilbert Morgan
- Mary Jones as Nella Langford
- Philip Gilbert as John Langford
- John Van Eyssen as Clive Franklyn
- Robert Raikes as Detective Sergeant Berry
- Gordon Phillott as Rigby
- Doris Yorke as landlady
- Vernon Smythe as Colonel Jarvis
- Gerda Larsen as Blondi
- Harry Ross as Bernard Goodman
- Barry Steele as barman
- Edwin Richfield as porter
Production
The film's sets were designed by Norman G. Arnold.