Park Plaza 605
| Park Plaza 605 | |
|---|---|
.jpg) U.S. theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
| Produced by |
Albert Fennell Bertram Ostrer |
| Written by |
Bertram Ostrer Albert Fennell Bernard Knowles Clifford Witting (treatment) |
| Based on | novel Dare-Devil Conquest by Berkeley Gray |
| Starring |
Tom Conway Eva Bartok Joy Shelton |
| Music by | Philip Green |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Clifford Boote (as Cifford Boot) |
Production company |
B & A Productions (as B & A Productions Limited) |
| Distributed by |
Eros Films (UK) Lippert Pictures (US) |
Release dates | December 1953 (UK) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Park Plaza 605 released as Norman Conquest in the USA is a 1953 British crime film. A B movie, it starred Tom Conway, Eva Bartok and Sid James.[1] It was based on the Norman Conquest series of novels by Berkeley Gray, the film sees a private investigator summoned to room 605 of the Park Plaza Hotel to meet a mysterious foreign blonde woman, and soon finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation.[2]
Cast
- Tom Conway - Norman Conquest
- Eva Bartok - Nadina Rodin
- Joy Shelton - Pixie Everard
- Sid James - Superintendent Williams
- Richard Wattis - Theodore Feather
- Carl Jaffe - Boris Roff
- Frederick Schiller - Ivan Burgin
- Robert Adair - Baron von Henschel
- Anton Diffring - Gregor
- Ian Fleming - Colonel Santling
- Edwin Richfield - Mr Reynolds
- Michael Balfour - Ted Birston
- Martin Boddey - Stumpy
- Terence Alexander - Hotel Manager
- Victor Platt - Taxi Driver
- Leon Davey - Mandeville Livingstone
- Richard Marner - Barkov
- Tony Hilton - Lift attendant
- Alan Rolfe - Police inspector
- Derek Prentice - Hall porter
- Frank Sieman - Captain Kramer
- Brian Moorehead - First mate
- Billie Hill - Mrs Pottle
- Anthony Woodruff - Clerk
Critical reception
Radio Times called it a "fair British B-feature." [3]
References
- ↑ bkoganbing (11 September 1953). "Norman Conquest (1953)". IMDb.
- ↑ "Park Plaza 605". BFI.
- ↑ Allen Eyles. "Park Plaza 605". RadioTimes.
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