• Source: At the Stroke of Nine

      • At the Stroke of Nine is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Patricia Dainton, Stephen Murray, Patrick Barr and Dermot Walsh. A female journalist is kidnapped by a madman who forces her to write articles about him and threatens to kill her.


      Plot


      When reporter Sally Bryant chases a major scoop, she is captured by concert pianist Stephen Garrett, who says he will murder her within the next five days. He forces her to send daily reports of her ordeal to her newspaper. The typeface of the reports gives a clue to the police, who reach Garrett's house in time to prevent him from strangling Sally. Garrett falls out of a window to his death.


      Cast


      Patricia Dainton as Sally Bryant
      Stephen Murray as Stephen Garrett
      Patrick Barr as Frank
      Dermot Walsh as MacDonnell
      Clifford Evans as Inspector Hudgell
      Leonard White as Thompson
      Reginald Green as Toby
      Alexander Doré as Carter
      Leonard Sharp as news vendor
      Robert Hartley as Westcott
      Frank Atkinson as porter
      William Moore as Campion
      Marianne Stone as secretary
      George Lee as young reporter
      William Hepper as clerk
      Donald B. Edwards as Gray


      Reception


      The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This implausible melodrama has little to recommend it. The villain has no virtues and the hero no vices; the heroine registers suitable cold terror: and the script calls for little more from them."
      TV Guide wrote, "the frantic search for the loonie by police offers some interesting scenes with fair suspense."


      References




      External links


      At the Stroke of Nine at IMDb

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