Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
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Cyril Chamberlain
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Edward Evans
- Publican
- (uncredited)
Ian Fleming
- Dr. Wilson
- (uncredited)
Frank Hawkins
- Police Constable
- (uncredited)
Alan Rolfe
- Ticket Inspector
- (uncredited)
Anthony Woodruff
- Boatman
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe soundtrack for this film appears to be the same as for The Quiet Woman (1950).
- GoofsWhen Barlow is given a lift home in a car driven by Inspector Clements the back projection film seen behind them is the same one as was used earlier when Barlow was transported home by two police officers and Clements in the back of the police car.
- Quotes
Mrs. Fenton: Every time you pick up a newspaper you read about some corpse or other.
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the old identity switcheroo
Slow even at 58 minutes, Deadly Nightshade stars Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall, and Joan HIckson.
Jones has a dual role, one as an escaping prisoner, Barlow, and the other as a man named Matthews mistaken for him and arrested, later released. While the police are looking for Barlow, he finds his double, whose arrest was publicized. A fight ensues, and Mathews is killed accidentally. Barlow hides the body and assumes Matthews' identity.
You can tell one of the things that's going to give him away immediately, but overall, he doesn't seem to be very confident in his disguise. Complications arise when a ship blows up and some of the survivors have to be put up in different homes for the night. One of them is Barlow's old girlfriend (Zena Marshall).
The big problem is that with the ID switch, Barlow has gone from the frying pan into a very hot fire.
I wasn't familiar with Emrys Jones; Zena Marshall was a Bond girl. Joan Hickson, Miss Marple to many of us, plays Matthews' maid.
Jones has a dual role, one as an escaping prisoner, Barlow, and the other as a man named Matthews mistaken for him and arrested, later released. While the police are looking for Barlow, he finds his double, whose arrest was publicized. A fight ensues, and Mathews is killed accidentally. Barlow hides the body and assumes Matthews' identity.
You can tell one of the things that's going to give him away immediately, but overall, he doesn't seem to be very confident in his disguise. Complications arise when a ship blows up and some of the survivors have to be put up in different homes for the night. One of them is Barlow's old girlfriend (Zena Marshall).
The big problem is that with the ID switch, Barlow has gone from the frying pan into a very hot fire.
I wasn't familiar with Emrys Jones; Zena Marshall was a Bond girl. Joan Hickson, Miss Marple to many of us, plays Matthews' maid.
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- blanche-2
- Oct 31, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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