Newly arrived in Britain as an exile, facing serious questions as to his ability to work there (director Charles de la Tour was paid to front for Cy Endfield at this point), or even to renew his U.S. passport, Endfield directed this feverish mystery about an American (Lloyd Bridges) rejoining an old lover in London, but caught up in a series of disorienting intrigues involving murder and international smuggling.
16mm, b/w, 76 min. Production: Banner Pictures, Ltd. Distribution: Lippert Pictures, Inc. Producer: Donald Ginsberg. Director: Cy Endfield (as Charles de Lautour). Based on the story Death on the Tideway by Anthony Verney. Screenwriter: Ian Stuart Black, Reginald Long. Cinematographer: Jonah Jones. Editor: Stan Willis. Composer: Arthur Wilkinson. With: Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister, Alan Wheatley, Leslie Phillips, Hélène Cordet.
