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Written by James M. Tate / 10/24/2025 / No comments / andrew faulds , ann sharp , british film noir , delphi lawrence , fifties , george pastell , john crawford , leigh madison , michael caine , mystery , peter maxwell , robert mackenzie , ronan o'casey

PETER MAXWELL'S 'BLIND SPOT' ROBERT MACKENZIE & MICHAEL CAINE

<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oIJXUqjA_oXHwfV5eLvajPy1NYJby2NNpRn5kOA5QJ3w1lqv7yp-wPfM4hLgC3sabpH1Gf5E0FVp69EvqZ4QV62PMyUfjwbI7tucLv917lYcNn6rXn416Reqt5G2zGgLbFiu2ju7dhEt7_xbyhyrX0Y2UMxjA-J3FIqPOKPE2MczexXw2TftXnZdUSyy/s1884/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-23%20at%2011.47.59%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1884" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oIJXUqjA_oXHwfV5eLvajPy1NYJby2NNpRn5kOA5QJ3w1lqv7yp-wPfM4hLgC3sabpH1Gf5E0FVp69EvqZ4QV62PMyUfjwbI7tucLv917lYcNn6rXn416Reqt5G2zGgLbFiu2ju7dhEt7_xbyhyrX0Y2UMxjA-J3FIqPOKPE2MczexXw2TftXnZdUSyy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-10-23%20at%2011.47.59%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert MacKenzie in BLIND SPOT Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>By the time a young Michael Caine's much anticipated wild-card-airplane-pilot character's revealed with a gun drawn to his own sister, BLIND SPOT has one quick car chase and it's over... </p><p>Leaving most of the gumshoe-inspired/traipsing-from-interior-to-interior screen-time to military man Robert MacKenzie, who's blind when he literally knocks into two killers after being dropped off in the wrong house, and then, after his sight's back, he investigates what's behind the murder... <br></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jrH6UCqOCKpGiEY9cw8qOld2Zyp4PF7YMevho0Z0Q_LH0izKxOe8mWAv9u151fkGyYILh_abQ7bmO2K8jWng_8ILtRPo67m3AM7BiB0GfV6eoQwyDxCFmuJydIq0XuapCZj5NC1EHrtah_HG9XzMa4HOj8NQjBju9EtN-bOrV7fXS15JcHKix2tW5C52/s1736/1.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1736" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7jrH6UCqOCKpGiEY9cw8qOld2Zyp4PF7YMevho0Z0Q_LH0izKxOe8mWAv9u151fkGyYILh_abQ7bmO2K8jWng_8ILtRPo67m3AM7BiB0GfV6eoQwyDxCFmuJydIq0XuapCZj5NC1EHrtah_HG9XzMa4HOj8NQjBju9EtN-bOrV7fXS15JcHKix2tW5C52/s16000/1.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Robert MacKenzie in BLIND SPOT with Ann Sharp</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A remake of the 1950 British Film Noir BLACKOUT, seeming like a made-for-TV vehicle in the deliberately sparse camera style of merely facing the actors spouting loads of exposition... </p><p></p><p>But what makes this subtle thriller work is MacKenzie's affably cool yet randomly urgent aura, a hybrid of American-working-in-England b-crime regular William Sylvester and legendary American noir actor Sterling Hayden... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

andrew faulds, ann sharp, british film noir, delphi lawrence, fifties, george pastell, john crawford, leigh madison, michael caine, mystery, peter maxwell, robert mackenzie, ronan o'casey

PETER MAXWELL'S 'BLIND SPOT' ROBERT MACKENZIE & MICHAEL CAINE

Robert MacKenzie in BLIND SPOT Year: 1958 Rating: ***1/2 By the time a young Michael Caine's much anticipated wild-card-airplane-pilot c...

TOM CONWAY AS DUKE MARTIN BRITISH CRIME DOUBLE-FEATURE

<p><u></u></p><p><u></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG8zcu2si6JFcRXJB-P-3r-OcXATPCmxaBuoWhnVHBjlRvQmPhNJPOMmL8R5p8W6INLJqgEE9I411U6phuSl2yZC6q9RT2s1buq8h10uh_lpvMNNMWVkmmFegY_SJGYWjiuF9R9mXL-gNcE1Z0xTMSaCYzm1FFo7x_xcuYJ-0w71XFjJ488jbNtiKW1Xz/s1425/b0.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyG8zcu2si6JFcRXJB-P-3r-OcXATPCmxaBuoWhnVHBjlRvQmPhNJPOMmL8R5p8W6INLJqgEE9I411U6phuSl2yZC6q9RT2s1buq8h10uh_lpvMNNMWVkmmFegY_SJGYWjiuF9R9mXL-gNcE1Z0xTMSaCYzm1FFo7x_xcuYJ-0w71XFjJ488jbNtiKW1Xz/s16000/b0.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BREAKAWAY Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><u>BREAKAWAY</u>: Former FALCON Tom Conway in the second Tom 'Duke' Martin private eye flicks made in Britain during the film noir 1950's, with the right balance of gunplay, mystery and polite traipsing from various locations... from mansions to airports... gathering clues wherein sidekick Michael Balfour's overweight, ex-crook Barney is the better fighter during the rare times where that kind of thing happens... yet the villain and his henchman (including a young John Colicos) still mean business, having kidnapped beautiful Honor Blackman's beautiful sister, who might be carrying a scientist's secret that everyone's after... <br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nothing like the tough guy American Humphrey Bogart vehicles from the previous decade, BREAKAWAY is lightweight British yet still desperately urgent, keeping both the dignified snoop and audience on edge... despite knowing almost exactly who the villains are, and why.  <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzhcrWfNc8ltLzz_kXNQPfFgpRcohBYPkFR5oiYlfod1fZCoxGL4OExSq07VD2_CStVH7mokKoPuqn_A_W1ZAzJ4eHQGQJXrwVNMaAeIHGjZJh3WRn8fWYd9S0735rO9czNpzyeWtblYoJmmjG4RoinvSgfwufNW5KQDeyw8vg3FJ_BEAP-YkcmNnuHAA/s1630/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.49%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzhcrWfNc8ltLzz_kXNQPfFgpRcohBYPkFR5oiYlfod1fZCoxGL4OExSq07VD2_CStVH7mokKoPuqn_A_W1ZAzJ4eHQGQJXrwVNMaAeIHGjZJh3WRn8fWYd9S0735rO9czNpzyeWtblYoJmmjG4RoinvSgfwufNW5KQDeyw8vg3FJ_BEAP-YkcmNnuHAA/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.49%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos in BREAKAWAY<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArNqL2tzjwAjULGNOqd7Pcu4hXWWwYZynROIhXXneOhrEWmHMKSVI2nrI8eJIOwjxRwVNpcHHAGoRJJNgIHA2KhMJaFbZbKwOkeq4IQmzaDE-NHiXcGkCB3xcTKvi1fKm-fx9fenrRt-Y_NjHXXUTA-BkdDfxu10ywQMLz6twyv5p7Nld6ViwHz6_NHrP/s1448/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.58%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhArNqL2tzjwAjULGNOqd7Pcu4hXWWwYZynROIhXXneOhrEWmHMKSVI2nrI8eJIOwjxRwVNpcHHAGoRJJNgIHA2KhMJaFbZbKwOkeq4IQmzaDE-NHiXcGkCB3xcTKvi1fKm-fx9fenrRt-Y_NjHXXUTA-BkdDfxu10ywQMLz6twyv5p7Nld6ViwHz6_NHrP/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.58%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCvEtIx2KkZnkFiz2FIl8PRGEYQubG8PryqKx5SaqHA7i0os_Pj0qOJF1y-a_ow-pNdXQmpU9x4EPW8MBxt-y4bcBzBQwZ-m-4_TXJBSgedIiT2YTDkCupgJmZoTMT-9fA6Pjam_wbF7q4o2xap4_2Yr7aJ-5SfdxlIK_3GnLKmgkJYXsFSbRswHQOhQZ/s1468/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.09%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCvEtIx2KkZnkFiz2FIl8PRGEYQubG8PryqKx5SaqHA7i0os_Pj0qOJF1y-a_ow-pNdXQmpU9x4EPW8MBxt-y4bcBzBQwZ-m-4_TXJBSgedIiT2YTDkCupgJmZoTMT-9fA6Pjam_wbF7q4o2xap4_2Yr7aJ-5SfdxlIK_3GnLKmgkJYXsFSbRswHQOhQZ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.09%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos in BREAKAWAY with Tom Conway and Larry Taylor<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ9j1EHHvgSNiVZKVTe4H7It7qkGUh613Y3NkjMQKQuXKFCIIc_Aftm0bHjpFTePDAiUwuKyws-69pvUjf36rVWMcs_B4_rGDWKckLPhvYrKSOZyUejIDgaurqT_VXGE1ccb2-FG17qq5U1wXn2_8nVdSV_vD06AuYZz9c9Juo8eMXlTMwR03WpNqa6AQ/s1420/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.16%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRZ9j1EHHvgSNiVZKVTe4H7It7qkGUh613Y3NkjMQKQuXKFCIIc_Aftm0bHjpFTePDAiUwuKyws-69pvUjf36rVWMcs_B4_rGDWKckLPhvYrKSOZyUejIDgaurqT_VXGE1ccb2-FG17qq5U1wXn2_8nVdSV_vD06AuYZz9c9Juo8eMXlTMwR03WpNqa6AQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.16%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY with Honor Blackman<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqEOIQILCw8U0ifgUfkcipABS1YcMDkFMtj-FZ0aVUKeZFWKrOzCuEU3UgOwD4T9gxtElCI5eM9Kp0RA-8KOEcVN2GpbBqIJVPyMFM-ZLEnX2kXcAgUivV12jz5Otq5F9jkAxkUaZpVm_0BDvDPgJthaxwi1gRuBYYW28bsROQTtiJk-2ExHvkbeK1s4S/s1440/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigqEOIQILCw8U0ifgUfkcipABS1YcMDkFMtj-FZ0aVUKeZFWKrOzCuEU3UgOwD4T9gxtElCI5eM9Kp0RA-8KOEcVN2GpbBqIJVPyMFM-ZLEnX2kXcAgUivV12jz5Otq5F9jkAxkUaZpVm_0BDvDPgJthaxwi1gRuBYYW28bsROQTtiJk-2ExHvkbeK1s4S/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.29%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in BREAKAWAY with Michael Balfour<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1F7L6nnTQwwttFkGf9tXaxia_2Z6bRl6nuwIKK6XcWj9LNfjSFYNlC6rAN990VTMvUQziUPA7BcKw3FalI_Yaa1TpnQKl1ebukRPzp1LZL_hfDuodfO8XNj8sqLpkxqj6Xan9U21PCyt9KX2Vu9UW7Pi4IBPY9zK5aENKdWTjkKwn83GAMKV3m1lR4j-/s1460/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF1F7L6nnTQwwttFkGf9tXaxia_2Z6bRl6nuwIKK6XcWj9LNfjSFYNlC6rAN990VTMvUQziUPA7BcKw3FalI_Yaa1TpnQKl1ebukRPzp1LZL_hfDuodfO8XNj8sqLpkxqj6Xan9U21PCyt9KX2Vu9UW7Pi4IBPY9zK5aENKdWTjkKwn83GAMKV3m1lR4j-/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.57%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Honor Blackman in BREAKAWAY with Michael Balfour</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjfvHpuVDPqrEu__20cREwVyja1rAjRFo9i4XwxURv2nAX5zRErFxHBAjKU3tQGGYxyyVSJxXCoKphgAi-hF1ZW-couR13DIp7GSF3DajYXsLaVuuZ-5PeV_njf-aDDO5TVw6KE6_wmai-XO0t4RNUj6LFGIUy3L3jim1fzz8vK5iP5C9C5mBeYn4n-hS/s1450/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.08%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="1450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSjfvHpuVDPqrEu__20cREwVyja1rAjRFo9i4XwxURv2nAX5zRErFxHBAjKU3tQGGYxyyVSJxXCoKphgAi-hF1ZW-couR13DIp7GSF3DajYXsLaVuuZ-5PeV_njf-aDDO5TVw6KE6_wmai-XO0t4RNUj6LFGIUy3L3jim1fzz8vK5iP5C9C5mBeYn4n-hS/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.08%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Honor Blackman in BREAKAWAY with Tom Conway<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2Z04Rw1L-0RqgxEv7H41pliiRMHqZE71-ydOTTSLzoCJPV02HDkEBbQl5DPTbAsqJsOvgSg_2ntfEt8KV7a4YlArmYZZcqa_dOaqIBqSEBbXLeNhndHPNpCV_pGowwUxyS_cWVOs9CerPatUo-0p5un5-33ulH1eZmEpnYbDk3Ji8mKphKOZ1L4cjQHs/s1430/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.15%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN2Z04Rw1L-0RqgxEv7H41pliiRMHqZE71-ydOTTSLzoCJPV02HDkEBbQl5DPTbAsqJsOvgSg_2ntfEt8KV7a4YlArmYZZcqa_dOaqIBqSEBbXLeNhndHPNpCV_pGowwUxyS_cWVOs9CerPatUo-0p5un5-33ulH1eZmEpnYbDk3Ji8mKphKOZ1L4cjQHs/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.15%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Brian Worth and Paddy Webster in BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmdWX9bxbVLVIXt9yy4MJ65QYrhLdsfQHcl87W3kmgo1twKAbZvn8HSl5yOo_5AUTGZ1emUBf9fUSC39WNoIuSPcJ6umKf9ZNnIjHrOhNATYiFs0NJ-ioHOqLarVgahx4JLaFzQULgoseQd3_OZyz-_W8gNUD1oxr2KtEa3GrFO77RHJjsHF1oHDNjCy/s1434/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.22%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="1434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTmdWX9bxbVLVIXt9yy4MJ65QYrhLdsfQHcl87W3kmgo1twKAbZvn8HSl5yOo_5AUTGZ1emUBf9fUSC39WNoIuSPcJ6umKf9ZNnIjHrOhNATYiFs0NJ-ioHOqLarVgahx4JLaFzQULgoseQd3_OZyz-_W8gNUD1oxr2KtEa3GrFO77RHJjsHF1oHDNjCy/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.22%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiu032fG7kh4TNphS8FM0UDgI-GVReWvFrnqjTVL2Y58sCm-_j9S4s0de9PB-AZpw09aCPvSw6w7v2rqqsctch0b2heEeEYcSbmzrRlGERhYA0SLr8NhcZDASCXbgzn4YjuDhIgmD_T0FEiELFRARrfoN9fxxRYClwVcEZBKJqyWZb2sTEvGSIrH1aYZD/s1446/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.29%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQiu032fG7kh4TNphS8FM0UDgI-GVReWvFrnqjTVL2Y58sCm-_j9S4s0de9PB-AZpw09aCPvSw6w7v2rqqsctch0b2heEeEYcSbmzrRlGERhYA0SLr8NhcZDASCXbgzn4YjuDhIgmD_T0FEiELFRARrfoN9fxxRYClwVcEZBKJqyWZb2sTEvGSIrH1aYZD/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.49.29%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From BREAKAWAY</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p><u></u></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p><u></u></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D2Vu-3zxZEDhBEi3TmU5HtdXtMRd8W087FdrsYApLREyZ_l6CmXDZ-TX-NauvJ5QJ4cmcDQdNfeZFhv44bQ72E-0sqAo_66gZp9CN2YQOd3s4hWA1jFiPfiv4whf0q9MzDD6HRCf2P-HtI3XN3miIBH3MQbG2s8jTd0EDg0Z4sm3i3hyEh47zdGN0Ttl/s1898/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.51.54%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1898" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4D2Vu-3zxZEDhBEi3TmU5HtdXtMRd8W087FdrsYApLREyZ_l6CmXDZ-TX-NauvJ5QJ4cmcDQdNfeZFhv44bQ72E-0sqAo_66gZp9CN2YQOd3s4hWA1jFiPfiv4whf0q9MzDD6HRCf2P-HtI3XN3miIBH3MQbG2s8jTd0EDg0Z4sm3i3hyEh47zdGN0Ttl/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.51.54%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: BARBADOS QUEST aka Murder on Approval Year: 1955 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>While the sequel BREAKAWAY is more action-packed, going from a brutal kidnapping to Tom Conway's dapper gumshoe Tom 'Duke' Martin searching for various clues, BARBADOS QUEST is more like reading a book... or watching the reading of a book... with a passive plot about a phony high-priced stamp, called the Barbados Overprint, hence the main title that's also known by a more pulpy, mainstream-sounding MURDER ON APPROVAL... <br /><br />With violence more an afterthought as this original programmer smoothly sets up the characters, where Michael Balfour's comic-relief sidekick Barney is not<i> quite yet </i>a former criminal, but has stolen the fancy car he and his boss drive around in... while the ingenue is sultry, low-voiced Delphi Lawrence,  initially hands-on and helpful, like a partner, until an enigmatic fatale twist (where her persona's more fitting): plus a snooping Scotland Yard inspector while the bad guys are played by returning actors Brian Worth and another thug role for John Colicos... in what seems more like a TV-movie but a nice, tight and intriguing one: with BREAKAWAY its more roving big-screen-style followup.</p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry7GehnEAo5vCWsNI5AmDapxo-sdelzTg4EwwlH1qw-kwdeF9q1Z51JVV1_A0u1-VqYumf7x9X7hr3eJgmSJ9yhe2IhOVCTyvxWZHovHnjSTw_zdD48SGQFx3te-6oDtCnEc0U14ly89HmNhSclsipCAMwOLb9F2qUD7G6dwbKwTNp4mnv_4NufYwMLWa/s2014/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.59.17%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="2014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjry7GehnEAo5vCWsNI5AmDapxo-sdelzTg4EwwlH1qw-kwdeF9q1Z51JVV1_A0u1-VqYumf7x9X7hr3eJgmSJ9yhe2IhOVCTyvxWZHovHnjSTw_zdD48SGQFx3te-6oDtCnEc0U14ly89HmNhSclsipCAMwOLb9F2qUD7G6dwbKwTNp4mnv_4NufYwMLWa/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.59.17%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Delphi Lawrence in Barbados Quest</u><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnx3RNKLdxgkoCwVTprVWEZnwdWu1Fovnx8M0EhBMhLwq3NipZYGEZjsSHEGABp4Wk_zEXnnl8TuCmAvlQ7LTTrDyGLHitB4c2M7XDnQjVhp2FX6EMiYyRo7E1m0tQliqk6DqyYiU25MBIH1-AlBSzgiDkPY3UFE5te9aLGGH5c2cVaEX2H91T5Jm2Kuz/s1458/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.02%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnx3RNKLdxgkoCwVTprVWEZnwdWu1Fovnx8M0EhBMhLwq3NipZYGEZjsSHEGABp4Wk_zEXnnl8TuCmAvlQ7LTTrDyGLHitB4c2M7XDnQjVhp2FX6EMiYyRo7E1m0tQliqk6DqyYiU25MBIH1-AlBSzgiDkPY3UFE5te9aLGGH5c2cVaEX2H91T5Jm2Kuz/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.02%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_WTLfQbvWyu5HOfLxXC1757udRBTqoftWa6zGUpEjlaqXMlDJaY7b8UfgBh1tbT6Xd_KA-a-BYOutaoh0iQKZId8hUQUi70JTOfeWWgoNb4oiyOXN2GqgVi-fJDMa0v_h5_YYc4K1Se3kzJCwOmYWY7qoirLMevZTAStXke8t7wulNR9dTnyquydQrOL/s1450/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_WTLfQbvWyu5HOfLxXC1757udRBTqoftWa6zGUpEjlaqXMlDJaY7b8UfgBh1tbT6Xd_KA-a-BYOutaoh0iQKZId8hUQUi70JTOfeWWgoNb4oiyOXN2GqgVi-fJDMa0v_h5_YYc4K1Se3kzJCwOmYWY7qoirLMevZTAStXke8t7wulNR9dTnyquydQrOL/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.24%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest with Brian Worth & Delphi Lawrence<br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgTx-w47KccJGefMJog0YIC0J5PlktsFVUt1sTZgaPxlFc8C2oHvggTtLNGE7yLehdX0LZs3mGFO8IZT_ylxJ5HIo98eF5TfAkFzFdrYDfsQQiWMV4NgwJtjNRhYFuE_uC4rQlqCdE_G6YKxbpFBGVDOTLu83tS1xH2Zl27HI6CDHOOcLWcpHfV95r-m8/s1428/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.36%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgTx-w47KccJGefMJog0YIC0J5PlktsFVUt1sTZgaPxlFc8C2oHvggTtLNGE7yLehdX0LZs3mGFO8IZT_ylxJ5HIo98eF5TfAkFzFdrYDfsQQiWMV4NgwJtjNRhYFuE_uC4rQlqCdE_G6YKxbpFBGVDOTLu83tS1xH2Zl27HI6CDHOOcLWcpHfV95r-m8/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.36%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and Michael Balfour in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ON63krcNhQVB8k5XDkwxGl-6cvq9EjfUeiU7CNhHIcQzMOQTzLYCQdUy09W7IFSING3QciwtCMbsjC4mv0PjOzssw5MCLGRJusLWGMRdJeDbMByt0lxl7ScZr8uMedTBvY31_P3Oqv2mpxJ0go-T3AqSCb2SRBbY9RPDBgJpG21GDYeDHDfEjWwDTn4g/s1412/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.46%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ON63krcNhQVB8k5XDkwxGl-6cvq9EjfUeiU7CNhHIcQzMOQTzLYCQdUy09W7IFSING3QciwtCMbsjC4mv0PjOzssw5MCLGRJusLWGMRdJeDbMByt0lxl7ScZr8uMedTBvY31_P3Oqv2mpxJ0go-T3AqSCb2SRBbY9RPDBgJpG21GDYeDHDfEjWwDTn4g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.46%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTAoEfH5MnrOBIh9EoHOceuWVuh8yUSTUSglQVK3u4a70-EUZ0waFM29sqEKeQp1YeIfGIMHTrm-_ZhuJnFM7BifYkIzvI71MQZHT6zipY90duwTSRBV21o1HynHt_jXPeQd23Jh_K30PsVmM2P5HG6HTIzP0WtlUnaI1I7F-vLzeFTa8qLnJ4nrhffYn/s1970/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.55.46%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="1970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTAoEfH5MnrOBIh9EoHOceuWVuh8yUSTUSglQVK3u4a70-EUZ0waFM29sqEKeQp1YeIfGIMHTrm-_ZhuJnFM7BifYkIzvI71MQZHT6zipY90duwTSRBV21o1HynHt_jXPeQd23Jh_K30PsVmM2P5HG6HTIzP0WtlUnaI1I7F-vLzeFTa8qLnJ4nrhffYn/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.55.46%20PM.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Tom Conway and John Colicos in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68MMplhyphenhyphenAlbLofTbF54Tbexuu3uUb7sWDSCQ0Joh2XQL6d6GxOMMykR2lmfQP99cZDYv3r3u-rQjWB8b5wivjEosHJHnvbUJEGXbtF98SlEcOxstSjfxyMFDugk8YNFBI_o2UxLVlXXz-ytbBOu1Ye48dk79pJLPB1nA3Mp0ydGMBU8uf3KtkzCeZAVqv/s1328/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.57.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68MMplhyphenhyphenAlbLofTbF54Tbexuu3uUb7sWDSCQ0Joh2XQL6d6GxOMMykR2lmfQP99cZDYv3r3u-rQjWB8b5wivjEosHJHnvbUJEGXbtF98SlEcOxstSjfxyMFDugk8YNFBI_o2UxLVlXXz-ytbBOu1Ye48dk79pJLPB1nA3Mp0ydGMBU8uf3KtkzCeZAVqv/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.57.35%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>John Colicos and Tom Conway in Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq56Q5aUX0jjv5diTSa3yo1vvZnzBMGBfVu5Kjf9u9m9tIVC8y_HFA2V1WTTQnfQfhfsJz3tsxpEUgqv1R4sxswAX3VHqJE7FejrABaEqw3Bh4bvjkRb8QRxS63lQVfuy2YwMIv6OojBaJ0gJMBpM8yKHNPcNzu1bM4JYL3d3iubEzYCyaXziDByQMsLjG/s1438/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="1438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq56Q5aUX0jjv5diTSa3yo1vvZnzBMGBfVu5Kjf9u9m9tIVC8y_HFA2V1WTTQnfQfhfsJz3tsxpEUgqv1R4sxswAX3VHqJE7FejrABaEqw3Bh4bvjkRb8QRxS63lQVfuy2YwMIv6OojBaJ0gJMBpM8yKHNPcNzu1bM4JYL3d3iubEzYCyaXziDByQMsLjG/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-02-27%20at%209.52.54%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>From Barbados Quest</u></td></tr></tbody></table><br />

british film noir, crime, delphi lawrence, gumshoe, honor blackman, john colicos, michael balflour, michael balfour, mystery, thriller, tom conway

TOM CONWAY AS DUKE MARTIN BRITISH CRIME DOUBLE-FEATURE

Title: BREAKAWAY Year: 1956 Rating: ***1/2 BREAKAWAY : Former FALCON Tom Conway in the second Tom 'Duke' Martin private eye flicks m...

Written by James M. Tate / 5/08/2022 / No comments / beatnik , british new wave , carol white , christopher lee , claire gordon , david farrar , david gregory , delphi lawrence , exploitation , gillian hills , jazz-score , noëlle adam , oliver reed , shirley anne field , sixties

YOUNG BRITISH BLONDE BEAUTY GILLIAN HILLS AS 'BEAT GIRL'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrpD2-OWAzCwv4qOZtgfJuONutzmXZD_WArrMRhpGb9hRpcq2BBrqwh2ttylqGcqhbM59YZUZ06zyrY26JpG4tTm-JzHj6V5UjbOLixRT3UIpi13CJxNxTP-sgDdRxZED_wkagm3pEcl0KHeYmtYG8ovlOaA_XQG03Usptzh30G4jUzbRD-FCmBGmaDfI/s2482/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-21%20at%202.09.24%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1524" data-original-width="2482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrpD2-OWAzCwv4qOZtgfJuONutzmXZD_WArrMRhpGb9hRpcq2BBrqwh2ttylqGcqhbM59YZUZ06zyrY26JpG4tTm-JzHj6V5UjbOLixRT3UIpi13CJxNxTP-sgDdRxZED_wkagm3pEcl0KHeYmtYG8ovlOaA_XQG03Usptzh30G4jUzbRD-FCmBGmaDfI/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-11-21%20at%202.09.24%20PM.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Gillian Hills and Christopher Lee in BEAT GIRL Year: 1960</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>BEAT GIRL is like two movies in one, and both are pretty great with the insanely gorgeous Gillian Hills, a hybrid of Sue Lyon's LOLITA and Diane Lane in RUMBLE FISH: All three looking dynamic in B&W while <i>this</i> more obscure gem centers on teenagers <i>wild</i> about the Stateside "hopeless and soapless" Beatnik movement, grooving to the jazz score of composer John Barry (featuring his live John Barry Seven)...<br>
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And when the wayward/lackadaisical youngsters aren't hanging-out, the main plot centers solely on Gillian's Jennifer Linden, a rich spoiled brat of sixteen (her real age), who unfairly loathes her architect father David Farrar's new wife (Noelle Adam), a pretty yet earthy, twenty-something French girl — with a past...<br>
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