Identity Unknown (1960 film)
{{Short description|1960 British film by Frank Marshall}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Identity Unknown
| image = Identity_Unknown_film_Opening_titles_(1960).jpg
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| director = Frank Marshall
| producer = Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
| writer = Brian Clemens
| narrator =
| starring = Richard Wyler
Pauline Yates
Patricia Plunkett
| music = Tony Crombie
| cinematography = James Wilson
| editing = Lee Doig
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1960}}
| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Identity Unknown is a 1960 British drama film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Richard Wyler, Pauline Yates and Patricia Plunkett.{{Cite web |title=Identity Unknown |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150196589 |access-date=17 February 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/240653 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | IDENTITY UNKNOWN (1960) |access-date=6 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018231049/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/240653 |archive-date=18 October 2012 |url-status=dead }} It was written by Brian Clemens and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
Two reporters develop a relationship while investigating an aircraft accident.
Cast
- Richard Wyler as John
- Pauline Yates as Jenny
- Patricia Plunkett as Betty
- Beatrice Varley as Matron
- Valentine Dyall as Ambrose
- Kenneth Edwards as Reynold
- John Gabriel as Jamieson
- Nyree Dawn Porter as Pam
- Vincent Ball as Ken
- Sheldon Lawrence as Larry
- Derek Blomfield as John Perkins
- Stella Bonheur as Mrs. Phillips
- Robert Cawdron as Flynn
- John Carson as Ray (uncredited)
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A complicated and episodic blend of sentiment and suspense, which fails in the latter aim through the confusion and number of its miniature dramas. The handling is somewhat crude, the acting variable, and it seems too much of a coincidence that the two reporters should be so extraordinarily fortunate as to find everyone they wish to interview in London."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1960 |title=Identity Unknown |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305822848/E6E57690F7CB43A6PQ/2 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=27 |issue=312 |pages=114 |via=ProQuest}}
Kine Weekly wrote: "The tale has everything except comedy, but uneven acting and treatment makes it difficult to grasp, let alone follow, its many threads. ... The picture or, to be more precise, gallery of vignettes keeps the survivors' identity a secret until the end, yet fails to build up suspense. Pauline Yates is a likeable Jenny; Richard Wyler registers as John; and Valentine Dyall's not too bad as Ambrose, but the others aren't much cop. The script creates an air of expectancy at the start, but conflicting cross-currents cause it to "pancake". It has little emotional lift."{{Cite journal |date=30 June 1960 |title=Identity Unknown |volume=517 |issue=2752 |pages=21 |id={{ProQuest|2826289071}} |magazine=Kine Weekly}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0053938}}
{{The Danzigers}}
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:British aviation films
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