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Thursday, April 18, 2019

DATE WITH DISASTER 1957 (RENOWN)

A fun little crime film I had never heard of.

Tom Drake stars as Miles Harrington, an honest car dealer in London who is having trouble making ends meet, but he does stay afloat. His business partners however don;t really have selling second hand cars on their minds.

They are crooks and both get involved in a scheme to steal a huge bank roll. William Hartnell is Tracey, the mastermind behind the heist. Harrington's assistant, Don Redman (Maurice Kaufmann) is more than willing to let anyone take the fall in order to get rich from the theft.

Gorgeous Shirley Eaton is Sue Miller, a young woman hired a secretary by Harrington and they almost instantly fall in love. The robbery goes off as planned, but nearly everything else does not.

This is a good and tight little British crime drama directed by Charles Saunders who also helmed "The Womaneater". The film runs only 61 minutes and so the story moves along at a very fast pace.

Eaton steals every scene she's in and is always a pleasure to see. If you like crime drama's you might want to check this out. It's obscure as hell, which is a shame. Recommended!!

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