Silent Dust

Silent Dust

82 mins | Drama | Feb. 1, 1949

A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.

Silent Dust

82 mins | Drama | Feb. 1, 1949

Silent Dust
A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Independent Sovereign Films
Original title Silent Dust
Directors Lance Comfort
Writers Roland Pertwee, Michael Pertwee

Cast

Sally Gray

as Angela Rawley

Derek Farr

as Maxwell Oliver

Nigel Patrick

as Simon Rawley

Stephen Murray

as Robert Rawley

Beatrice Campbell

as Joan Rawley

George Woodbridge

as Foreman

Seymour Hicks

as Lord Clandon

Marie Lohr

as Lady Clandon

Edgar Norfolk

as Simpson

James Hayter

as Pringle

Yvonne Owen

as Nellie

Irene Handl

as Cook

Maria Var

as Cafe Singer