Devil's Bait
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Diana Watson
Julian Wintle
| Devil's Bait | |
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| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Written by | Peter Johnston Diana Watson |
| Produced by | Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Devil's Bait is a 1959 black and white British second feature ('B')[1] drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Geoffrey Keen, Jane Hylton and Gordon Jackson.[2] It was written by Peter Johnston and Diana Watson, and made by the Rank Organisation.[3]
Local baker Joe Frisby calls the Town Hall to make another complaint about rats eating his flour. The council rat catchers are not available, and the switchboard girl gives Frisby a lead on a cheap rat-catcher – Mr Love, who in fact has no qualifications whatsoever.
At the bakery Love uses a loaf tin for mixing his rat poison. The tin is distinctive, having a side split which causes the bread to be mis-shapen. When Mrs Frisby runs out of intact loaf tins she uses the split tin and inadvertently bakes a poisoned loaf.
Love drinks his payment and is killed in an accident as he staggers home. His landlady tells the police he was carrying cyanide which he used at Frisby's bakery. Frisby, having found the empty cyanide bottle, fears this could ruin his business and denies any knowledge. Meanwhile Mrs Frisby smells the cyanide in the empty tin. A frantic search begins for the poisoned loaf.
Cast
- Geoffrey Keen as Joe Frisby
- Jane Hylton as Ellen Frisby
- Gordon Jackson as Sergeant Malcolm
- Dermot Kelly as Mr Love
- Shirley Lawrence as Shirley
- Eileen Moore as Barbara
- Molly Urquhart as Mrs Tanner
- Noel Hood as Mrs Evans
- Rupert Davies as landlord
Production
The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios, Buckinghamshire, England, and on location.