cult film freak: PAUL CARPENTER AND HAZEL COURT IN 'THE NARROWING CIRCLE'

Written by James M. Tate / 9/29/2026 / No comments / british film noir , charles saunders , ferdy mayne , fifties , hazel court , hugh latimer , michael standing , paul carpenter , wrong man

PAUL CARPENTER AND HAZEL COURT IN 'THE NARROWING CIRCLE'

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Hazel Court and Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE Year: 1957 Rating: ***1/2

Canadian actor Paul Carpenter, when he's not providing his smooth voice for the usual roles as announcers or broadcasters, has a charmingly affable manner in which, for 1950's British Noirs STOCK CAR and THE NARROWING CIRCLE, he seems to be a replacement for what aspires to be a more standard-leading-man type of picture...

But he's still fairly intriguing: here as a true crime journalist falling into the usual wrong-man trope of not only being falsely accused for one murder... of a fellow writer who took both his job and his fiance... but he's always around when random dead bodies keep turning up...

Hazel Court in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Investigated by an equally sophisticated and laidback constable, CIRCLE is far from a thriller but still has that deliberately breezy entertainment value of one of those b-movies merely meant to pass the time...

As the real scene-stealer steals scenes for her perfect looks alone and, once again as the perfect woman, future scream-queen Hazel Court's far too easily smitten with average-looking Carpenter: neither of them breaking a sweat despite the impending situation, yet sharing the kind of natural chemistry as if NARROWING had a more mainstream budget.

Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Hazel Court in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Hazel Court and Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Hazel Court in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Paula Byrne in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

June Ashley and Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Hazel Court and Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Hazel Court in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

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Hazel Court and Paul Carpenter in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

From THE NARROWING CIRCLE

Paula Byrne, Paul Carpenter and Ferdy Mayne in THE NARROWING CIRCLE

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