The idea was interesting but they didn't do anything with it
Portrait of Alison
A post card killer threatens artists, models, diamonds and MURDER!
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
11/29/1955Runtime
84 minsOverview
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
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A taut 1950s murder mystery where an artist and actress find themselves entangled in a web of jewel smuggling and mysterious deaths orchestrated by a killer leaving postcards as calling cards. The film moves with steady purpose through London's darker corners, mixing the elegant world of portrait painting and advertising with the lethal business of contraband.
Mood
TenseUnsettlingParanoid
Themes
CrimeObsessionBetrayal
Tone
Matter-of-fact
Pacing
Steady
Look
Black and whiteNaturalistic
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
Terry Moore
Alison Ford
Robert Beatty
Tim Forrester
William Sylvester
Dave Forrester
Josephine Griffin
Jill Stewart
Geoffrey Keen
Inspector Colby
Allan Cuthbertson
Henry Carmichael
Henry Oscar
John Smith
William Lucas
Reg Dorking
Terence Alexander
Fenby
Bruno Barnabe
Italian Detective
Eric Corrie
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Jack Howarth
Hotel Porter
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