River Beat

River Beat

70 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 1, 1954

British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarettes, past customs, not knowing that she has befriended an Inspector for the Thames River Patrol.

River Beat

70 mins | Drama, Crime | Feb. 1, 1954

River Beat
British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarettes, past customs, not knowing that she has befriended an Inspector for the Thames River Patrol.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers Victor Hanbury Productions
Original title River Beat
Directors Guy Green
Writers Rex Rienits

Cast

John Bentley

as Det. Insp. Dan Barker

Phyllis Kirk

as Judy Roberts

Leonard White

as Det. Sgt. Mack McLeod

Glyn Houston

as Charlie Williamson

Patrick Jordan

as Albert Fisher, called both "Al" and "Bert"

Harold Ayer

as Steward Alfred Gordon, also called "Al"

David Hurst

as Paddy Maclure

Charles Lloyd Pack

as John Hendrick

Robert Ayres

as Ship's Captain Watford

Ewan Roberts

as Customs Chief J. S. Blake