The End of the Line

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.

Cast

Alan Baxter

as Mike Selby

Barbara Shelley

as Liliane Crawford

Ferdy Mayne

as Edwards

Jennifer Jayne

as Anne Bruce

Arthur Gomez

as John Crawford

Jack Melford

as Inspector Gates

Geoffrey Hibbert

as Max Perrin

Charles Clay

as Henry Bruce

Marianne Brauns

as Sally

Sheldon Allan

as Barman

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Alan Baxter or a statue or Alan Baxter? Which would you choose? Which did Charles Saunders actually pick for this rather silly and weak crime drama. He is "Selby" a writer sent over from the US to London to help promote a play being staged by "Bruce" (Charles Clay). As luck would have it, his remote...

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