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The Delavine Affair is a 1955 British second feature crime film directed by Douglas Peirce and starring Peter Reynolds, Honor Blackman and Gordon Jackson. The screenplay was by George Fisher and Basil Boothroyd, based on the 1952 novel Winter Wears a Shroud by Robert Chapman.




Plot


Journalist Rex Banner, with the aid of his wife Maxine, attempts to solve a jewel robbery, but the criminals try to frame Rex for their murder of a witness.




Cast


Peter Reynolds as Rex Banner
Honor Blackman as Maxine Banner
Gordon Jackson as Florian
Valerie Vernon as Lola
Michael Balfour as Sammy
Peter Neil as Inspector Johnson
Peter Swanwick as Meyerling
Laurie Main as Summit
Katie Johnson as Mrs. Bissett
Mark Daly as Mr. Bissett
Anna Turner as Mrs Halloran
Mai Bacon as Fanny
Hal Osmond as old man
Vernon Kelso as Macgregor
Christie Humphrey as maid




Production


The film was produced at Walton Studios and on location in West London, including Kensington and West Brompton. Sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.




Critical reception


Monthly Film Bulletin said: "A murder comedy-melodrama on familiar lines. The story is seldom very plausible, coincidence reaches out with a long arm, and the developments and the solution have their vague aspects. The film, though, is reasonably bright in tone, and the playing of the principals to some extent makes up in enthusiasm for what it lacks in polish."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Witty comedy-thriller with over-familiar plot but polished performances."
Filmink called Reynolds, best known for villains, "a boringly ordinary hero" in this film.
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, noting a "Routine crime drama."




References






External links


The Delavine Affair at IMDb

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• The Delavine Affair
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• Mae Bacon
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• List of British films of 1955
• Michael Balfour (actor)
• Laurie Main