In the Wake of a Stranger

In the Wake of a Stranger

69 mins | Thriller | June 30, 1959

An unfortunate sailor (Tony Wright) gets implicated in a murder he never committed in this confusing drama by David Eady. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman (Shirley Eaton) who sets romantic sparks flying. Although director Eady and the cast have done their best with the story, it is too thin to survive even the short running time of 69 minutes.

In the Wake of a Stranger

69 mins | Thriller | June 30, 1959

In the Wake of a Stranger
An unfortunate sailor (Tony Wright) gets implicated in a murder he never committed in this confusing drama by David Eady. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman (Shirley Eaton) who sets romantic sparks flying. Although director Eady and the cast have done their best with the story, it is too thin to survive even the short running time of 69 minutes.
Producers Crescent Pictures
Original title In the Wake of a Stranger
Directors David Eady
Writers John Tully, Ian Stuart Black

Cast

Tony Wright

as Tom Cassidy

Shirley Eaton

as Joyce Edwards

Danny Green

as Barnes

Willoughby Goddard

as Shafto

Harry H. Corbett

as McCabe

Tom Bowman

as Spike

Alun Owen

as Ferris

Barbara Archer

as Barmaid

Vanda Godsell

as Hetty McCabe

James Ottaway

as Johnson