July 1, 1954
Release Date

5.5

Delayed Action (1954)

Name: Delayed Action
Genre: Crime
Released: 1954-07-01

58m

Running Time

July 1, 1954
Release Date

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Plot.

Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.

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Details.

Release Date
July 1, 1954

Status
Released

Running Time
58m

Genres
Crime

Last updated: 2024-09-19

This Movie Is About.

suicide attempt

criminal

Wiki.

Delayed Action is a 1954 British film noir mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Robert Ayres, June Thorburn and Alan Wheatley. It was produced as a second feature for release by General Film Distributors. It was shot at Twickenham Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.