Echo of Barbara

Echo of Barbara

58 mins | Drama, Crime | April 29, 1961

Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.

Echo of Barbara

58 mins | Drama, Crime | April 29, 1961

Echo of Barbara
Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
Producers Independent Artists
Original title Echo of Barbara
Directors Sidney Hayers
Writers John Burke

Cast

Mervyn Johns

as Sam Roscoe

Maureen Connell

as Paula Brown

Paul Stassino

as Caledonia

Ronald Hines

as Mike Roscoe

Tom Bell

as Ben

Brian Peck

as Ted

Eddie Leslie

as Aide

Beatrice Varley

as Mrs. Roscoe

John Abineri

as Rankin

Diana Potter

as Pam