Eyewitness

Eyewitness

82 mins | Aug. 14, 1956

When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.

Eyewitness

82 mins | Aug. 14, 1956

Eyewitness
When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers
Original title Eyewitness
Directors Muriel Box
Writers Janet Green

Cast

Donald Sinden

as Wade

Muriel Pavlow

as Lucy

Belinda Lee

as Penny

Michael Craig

as Jay

Ada Reeve

as Mrs. Hudson

Nigel Stock

as Barney

Susan Beaumont

as Probationary Nurse

David Knight

as Mike

Avice Landone

as Night Sister

Richard Wattis

as Anaesthetist

George Woodbridge

as Hospital Security Man

Gillian Harrison

as Molly

Nicholas Parsons

as House Surgeon

Leslie Dwyer

as Henry Cammon

Anna Turner

as Mrs. Hays

Anthony Oliver

as Podge

John Stuart

as Chief Constable

Harry Towb

as Sugdon

Charles Victor

as Police Desk Sergeant

Lionel Jeffries

as Man in Pub

Martin Boddey

as Police Sgt.

Cyril Chamberlain

as Cinema Patron

Allan Cuthbertson

as Det. Inspector

Thomas Heathcote

as Tom - Barman

Howard Lang

as Cinema Commissionaire

Hal Osmond

as Hospital Doorman

Marianne Stone

as Cinema Usherette

Robert Brooks Turner

as Man Standing Outside Cinema with Woman

John Warren

as Joe - British Legion Barman

Martin Wyldeck

as Police Driver