• Source: Echo of Diana

      • Echo of Diana is a 1963 British second feature ('B') film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Vincent Ball, Betty McDowall and Geoffrey Toone. It was written by Reginald Hearne and produced by John I. Phillips for Butcher's Film Service.
      A widow and two reporters accidentally uncover an international spy ring.


      Plot


      Joan Scott's husband Philip is killed in an air crash in Eastern Europe. She discovers a mysterious "in memoriam" notice has been placed in a newspaper and signed by someone called "Diana". When Joan enlists the help of reporters Clare Owen and Bill Vernon, their flats are raided, and they find themselves involved in an espionage adventure.


      Cast


      Vincent Ball as Bill Vernon
      Betty McDowall as Joan Scott
      Geoffrey Toone as Colonel Justin
      Clare Owen as Pam Jennings
      Raymond Adamson as George
      Peter Illing as Kovali
      Marianne Stone as Miss Green
      Michael Balfour as newsagent
      Tom Gill as photographer
      Richard Caldicot as Fisher, solicitor
      Leon Cortez as caretaker
      Colin Rix as police sergeant
      Joy Stewart as woman caller
      Anthony Baird as barman
      Patsi Karr as Kovali's secretary
      Denis Holmes as security officer
      Basil Beale as Harris
      Mark Petersen as young man
      Dermot Walsh as Phil Scott
      Arthur English as man in betting shop


      Reception


      The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An unassuming but swift spy thriller, which is sufficiently intriguing to make its unconvincing and melodramatic dénouement seem comparatively unimportant. It is quite adequately acted and presented."
      The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "In this low-budget spy drama, the newshound leads are two Australian actors, Vincent Ball and Betty McDowall, which makes a refreshing change from the usual fading Hollywood stars. Their noses for a story begin to twitch when a mysterious death puts them on the track of one of the most alfresco covert operations you are ever likely to clap eyes on. Director Ernest Morris does well to sustain it for an hour."


      Home media


      It was released on DVD in 2011 by Renown Pictures as a double bill with Shadow of Fear (1963).


      References




      External links


      Echo of Diana at IMDb

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