House of Secrets

House of Secrets - 1956 | 85 mins | Thriller | B&W

The Production Team

Director: Guy Green.
Producer: Vivian Cox and Julian Wintle.
Script: Bryan Forbes and Robert Buckner. (from the novel Storm over Paris by Sterling Noel)
Cinematography: Harry Waxman.
Editing: Sidney Hayers.
Art Direction: Alex Vetchinsky.
Costume Design: Julie Harris.
Makeup Department: Geoffrey Rodway and Waleen Whitworth.
Sound Department: Archie Ludski, Gordon K. McCallum and Dudley Messenger.
Original Music: Hubert Clifford.

The Cast

Michael Craig - Larry Ellis
Anton Diffring - Anton Luaderbach
Gérard Oury - Julius Pindar
Brenda De Banzie - Mme. Isabella Ballu
Geoffrey Keen - Col. Burleigh
David Kossoff - Henryk van de Heide
Barbara Bates - Judy Anderson
Alan Tilvern - Brandelli
Eric Pohlmann - Gratz

Plot Synopsis

Gripping espionage adventure set mostly in Paris that was a box-office sleeper in its day. Director Guy Green, a cinematographer to David Lean, takes care to frame his patchy plot with crisp visuals and handsome locations.

Newly docked in Marseille, suave and courageous merchant sailor Larry Ellis (Michael Craig) is assigned to pose as his own double - a renowned counterfeiter recently killed in a car crash - in an effort to expose a gang of ruthless French crooks. Once inside the gang, Ellis discovers that they pan to flood Britain with forged currency, but his audacity leaves him in trouble when he discovers he's under suspicion of double-dealing from all sides.