The Frightened Man

Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father.

Cast

Dermot Walsh

as Julius Rosselli

Barbara Murray

as Amanda

Charles Victor

as Mr. Rosselli

John Blythe

as Maxie Brown

Thora Hird

as Vera

John Horsley

as Harry Armstrong

Michael Ward

as Cornelius Hart

Annette D. Simmonds

as Marcella

Martin Benson

as Alec Stone

Ballard Berkeley

as Inspector Bligh

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This rather cheap and cheerful effort actually has quite a decent, complex, plot and Dermot Walsh ("Julius") and on-screen father Charles Victor ("Rosselli") work well together to create just a little more suspense than usual in this British crime drama. The latter runs an antique shop and, occasion...

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