Playback (1962 film)

Playback
Directed byQuentin Lawrence
Written byRobert Banks Stewart
Based onShort story
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Starring
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Playback is a 1962 British crime film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Margit Saad, Barry Foster and Nigel Green.[1] It was written by Robert Banks Stewart based on a short story by Edgar Wallace,[2] and was part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series.

Plot

Policeman Dave Hollis is a gambler and in debt. He falls for wealthy Lisa Shillack, who persuades him to murder her husband. After he has done so, Lisa frames him. He goes into hiding until he can murder her too. When convicted, he reflects on his story.

Cast

Production

It was made at Merton Park Studios, with sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This biography of the downfall of an ambitious and conscientious young policeman is rather too predictable, and shows little sign of the Edgar Wallace hallmark (it must indeed be a minor and little-known work). It is efficiently enough played, but achieves little conviction, emerging as one of the less successful of the series."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Playback". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 486.
  3. ^ "Playback". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 156. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.


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