Pit of Darkness

Overview:

When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by his wife, has been found murdered, and a safe that his firm installed in a large country house, has been cleverly opened, and the contents are missing. So with the help of his wife, he sets out to uncover the truth.

Director:

Lance Comfort

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

amnesia
based on novel or book
safe
private detective

Cast

William Franklyn

~ as ~

Richard Logan

Moira Redmond

~ as ~

Julie Logan

Bruno Barnabe

~ as ~

Bruno

Leonard Sachs

~ as ~

Clifton Conrad

Nigel Green

~ as ~

Jonathan

Nanette Newman

~ as ~

Mary

Anthony Booth

~ as ~

Ted

Jacqueline Jones

~ as ~

Mavis

Michael Balfour

~ as ~

Fisher

Bruce Beeby

~ as ~

Peter Mayhew

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 year(s) ago
6
This is quite an engaging story of a man "Logan" (William Franklyn) who comes to on a bombed-out Wapping waste ground with a bloody head. On returning home, he discovers from wife "Julie" (Moira Redmond) that he has been AWOL for three weeks - and he has no idea what happened in the intervening time. It soon becomes clear that his mysterious disappearance is connected with his business - he designs and instals safes - and he must try and piece to gather what happened. Neither the writing (it's a bit repetitive) nor Franklyn are great, to be honest, but Nigel Green and Leonard Sachs (with Tony Booth) help chivvy things along now and again. It's pretty obvious why "Logan" was the target, but the perpetrators remain a mystery til quite near the end and as low budget Butcher's efforts go, this is up in their upper echelons with a smidgen of psychology injected into the plot, too. Could have done without Ronnie Hall and his crooning, though....!