Smokescreen (film)
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Lobby card autographed by Deryck Guyler
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| Directed by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Produced by | Ronald Liles John I. Phillips |
| Written by | Jim O'Connolly |
| Starring |
Peter Vaughan John Carson Yvonne Romain |
| Music by | Johnny Gregory |
| Cinematography | Jack Mills |
| Edited by | Henry Richardson |
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| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
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Release date
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1964 |
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Running time
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70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Smokescreen is a 1964 British crime drama film, written and directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Peter Vaughan.
Mr. Roper, a senior insurance investigator, travels to Brighton to assess the mysterious death of a businessman, killed when his car crashes over a cliff. The insurance company are suspicious, as the man was insured for a large amount, but no body has been found.
The Radio Times wrote, "this above-average programme filler has a passable plot (involving a little bit of in suburban Brighton) that's kept moving swiftly and painlessly by director Jim O'Connolly...Vaughan plays with a dogged determination that is efficient, engaging and quite at odds with the more sinister characterisations he would essay later in his career"; while BFI Screenonline wrote, "an utterly charming B-film comedy-thriller that emphasises character as much as plot and makes full use of extensive location footage."
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