Cloak Without Dagger

Cloak Without Dagger
British quad poster
Directed byJoseph Sterling
Written byA. R. Rawlinson
Produced byA. R. Rawlinson
StarringPhilip Friend
Mary Mackenzie
Leslie Dwyer
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Edited byCarmen Beliaeff
Music byWilfred Burns
Production
company
Balblair Productions
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (UK)
Release date
  • February 1956 (1956-02) (UK)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cloak Without Dagger (U.S title Operation Conspiracy[1]) is a 1956 British second feature ('B')[2] thriller film directed by Joseph Sterling and starring Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie and Leslie Dwyer.[3][4] It was written and produced by A. R. Rawlinson.

Plot

A fashion reporter is united with a former boyfriend, after a chance meeting, and helps him to track down an enemy spy.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Medium-paced British comedy thriller. Despite an obvious denouement and a somewhat disconcerting number of loose ends, the plot builds up a reasonable degree of suspense; and the leading players, notably John Heller as the professional spy, give confident performances."[5]

The Radio Times described it as "an uncomfortable mix of romance and myster.y"[6]

Britmovie called it a "light-hearted spy story with a touch of romance."[7]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Some thrills, some unintentional laughs."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Operation Conspiracy". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 66. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ^ "Cloak Without Dagger". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Cloak without Dagger (1955)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Cloak Without Dagger". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 23 (264): 31. 1 January 1956 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ David Parkinson. "Cloak without Dagger". RadioTimes.
  7. ^ "Cloak Without Dagger". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  8. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 293. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.


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