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Out of the Shadow

A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions. Could a killer be on the loose in Cambridge?

Top Cast

  • Terence Longdon

    Terence Longdon

    Mark Robert Kingston

  • Donald Gray

    Donald Gray

    Inspector Wills

  • Diane Clare

    Diane Clare

    Mary Johnson

  • Robertson Hare

    Robertson Hare

    Ronald Fortescue

  • Dermot Walsh

    Dermot Walsh

    Prof. Henry Taylor

  • Jill Hyem

    Jill Hyem

    Joy Clark

  • Felicity Young

    Felicity Young

    Jill

  • Douglas Muir

    Douglas Muir

    Detective Sergeant Willoughby

  • Edwin Styles

    Edwin Styles

    Sir Lionel

Overview

A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions. Could a killer be on the loose in Cambridge?

Rating

5.8 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Apr 16, 2023

    This is one of these films that could really have benefitted from a stronger, more charismatic, leading man! As it is, Michael Winner chose to saddle us with the wooden and rather plodding Terence Longdon to play "Kingston". He has arrived in the heart of academic Cambridge to establish just what happened to his brother who was found lying at the foot of his bedroom window. The police have assumed suicide, but he is not convinced. It doesn't take long for him to find himself embroiled in some skulduggery surrounding stolen goods and more bodies! Finally convincing the constabulary - "Insp. Wills" (Donald Gray) - that there is more afoot we embark on a briskly paced mystery as he and "Mary" (Diane Clare) who is the daughter of another seemingly suicidal victim begin to close in on the culprits - and attract their attention too! It's not great this - the acting is pedestrian and there is way too much verbiage, but the story is actually quite decent and the film does not hang about - each scene seamlessly picking up from the previous as if it were a stage play! It's nobody's finest work, but is still not a bad hour's watch.

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