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Radio Cab Murder

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Radio Cab Murder - 1954 | 70 mins | Thriller, Drama | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Vernon Sewell.
Producer: George Maynard.
Script: Vernon Sewell.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Faithfull.

The Cast

Jimmy Hanley - Fred Martin
Sam Kydd - Spencer
Elizabeth Seal - Gwen
Lana Morris - Myra
Rupert Holliday - Evans
Bruce Beeby - Inspector Rawlings
Jack Allen - Parker
Pat McGrath - Henry
Sonia Holm - Jean

Plot Synopsis

This low-budget suspenseful British crime story stars Jimmy Hanley fresh from his success in The Blue Lamp (1950) and is competently directed by Vernon Sewell.

Fred, a safecracking ex-con, decides to go straight after a spell behind bars and turns to cab driving in London. After an anonymous poison-pen letter arrives at the radio cab office identifying Fred is a jailbird, the police deduce it was sent by a criminal gang hoping to recruit the cabbie for his unique skills. The police persuade Fred's boss to feign firing him - and sure enough, the unemployed cabbie is allowed to infiltrate a gang preparing to pull off a bank robbery. After successfully pulling off the raid, the gang, discover Fred's deception and attempt to murder him by locking him in a deep-freeze.