Breakaway

Breakaway

72 mins | Crime | July 16, 1956

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.

Breakaway

72 mins | Crime | July 16, 1956

Breakaway
When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Cipa
Original title Breakaway
Directors Gladys Reeve, Percy Hermes, Henry Cass
Writers Paddy Manning O'Brine, Norman Hudis

Cast

Tom Conway

as Tom Martin

Michael Balfour

as Barney

Honor Blackman

as Paula Grant / Paula Jackson

Brian Worth

as Johnny Matlock

Bruce Seton

as Webb

Freddie Mills

as Pat

Alexander Gauge

as MacAllister

John Horsley

as Michael Matlock

Paddy Webster

as Diane Grant

John Colicos

as First Kidnapper

Larry Taylor

as Second Kidnapper

Arthur Lowe

as Mitchell

Frederick Schrecker

as Professor Dohlmann

Marianne Walla

as Miss Freda Dohlmann

Russell Westwood

as Berlin Man