Out of the Shadow

A reporter learns that his brother, a student, has committed suicide. Unconvinced, he begins his own investigation when the police dismiss his suspicions. Could a killer be on the loose in Cambridge?

Cast

Terence Longdon

as Mark Robert Kingston

Donald Gray

as Inspector Wills

Diane Clare

as Mary Johnson

Robertson Hare

as Ronald Fortescue

Dermot Walsh

as Prof. Henry Taylor

Jill Hyem

as Joy Clark

Felicity Young

as Jill

Douglas Muir

as Detective Sergeant Willoughby

Edwin Styles

as Sir Lionel

Tony Thawnton

as College Tutor

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is one of these films that could really have benefitted from a stronger, more charismatic, leading man! As it is, Michael Winner chose to saddle us with the wooden and rather plodding Terence Longdon to play "Kingston". He has arrived in the heart of academic Cambridge to establish just what ha...

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