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1954-03-15 · 99 min · ★ 8.0
A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane crash, the one which his wife took....
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- Directors
- Gordon Parry
- Production companies
- Jay Lewis Productions
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
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Jack HawkinsJohn Grant
Elizabeth AllanSusan Grant
Eva BartokMrs. Thorpe
Derek FarrTony Teale
Michael GoodliffeKennedy
Walter FitzgeraldAnthony Black
Patricia MarmontJulie Black
Helen HayeSusan's Mother
Guy Middleton
Ronald Adam
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