cult film freak: mia karam

Written by James M. Tate / 10/07/2026 / No comments / alfred burke , anthony newlands , british neo noir , dawn addams , mia karam , michael goodliffe , mystery , richard thorp , sixties , soong ling

DAWN ADDAMS IN EDGAR WALLACE'S MYSTERY 'THE £20,000 KISS'

<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/AVvXsEif_LlexaewpCCAJWmP9EWowtU4BPWvhkfD5SFCSPYFe01xr6gKvl4ttbovkdIT-PjV1CG2WCp-8_waO5VguTP83Ms1ttLClrPmDcmSkIWnmsxhHsk6U3p-tyZcX1JkW9nGQHQiAqW5qwC3bVLByVVWZY0Y9Fe_awTK3pYnaaCNAkavsaqyJJUDz-_DNAv_/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-10-07%20at%208.27.48%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_LlexaewpCCAJWmP9EWowtU4BPWvhkfD5SFCSPYFe01xr6gKvl4ttbovkdIT-PjV1CG2WCp-8_waO5VguTP83Ms1ttLClrPmDcmSkIWnmsxhHsk6U3p-tyZcX1JkW9nGQHQiAqW5qwC3bVLByVVWZY0Y9Fe_awTK3pYnaaCNAkavsaqyJJUDz-_DNAv_/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-10-07%20at%208.27.48%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dawn Addams in THE £20,000 KISS Year: 1962 Rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Dawn Addams, best known as a <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2021/07/2F.html">Hammer starlet</a> both sophisticated and exotic, vulnerable and nefarious, stars in a low-budget British theatrical b-movie THE £20,000 KISS that wound up on the television anthology EDGAR WALLACE MYSTERY THEATRE, and actually feels more like a small screen whodunnit, complete with the usual ending where a detective reveals the murder and motive as it plays out on the screen...<br><br>Otherwise a kind of battle of wits between two classy men: one a professional blackmailer in Anthony Newlands, married to Addams, who steals that titular smooch with wealthy barrister Michael Goodliffe...</p><p><span></span></p>

alfred burke, anthony newlands, british neo noir, dawn addams, mia karam, michael goodliffe, mystery, richard thorp, sixties, soong ling

DAWN ADDAMS IN EDGAR WALLACE'S MYSTERY 'THE £20,000 KISS'

Dawn Addams in THE £20,000 KISS Year: 1962 Rating: *** Dawn Addams, best known as a Hammer starlet both sophisticated and exotic, vulnerabl...

FAVORITES SHORTLIST

1)OTLEY 2)ROBBERY 3)HELL IS A CITY 4)THE FEARMAKERS 5)CANYON PASSAGE 6)HOT CARS 7)VIOLENT SATURDAY 8)THE BREAK 9)THE CROWDED SKY 10)THE ROARING TWENTIES 11) ANATOMY OF A MURDER 12)CALCULATED RISK 13)SWEENEY TWO 14)RAIDERS FROM BENEATH THE SEA 15)HARDCORE 16)JUNGLE STREET 17)WHITE HEAT 18)FALLEN ANGEL 19)A PRIZE OF ARMS 20)THE BIG HEAT 21)SHARKS' TREASURE 22)THE MARKED ONES 23)THE DRIVER 24)THE SYSTEM 25)AIR PATROL 26)THE STONE KILLER 27)JOURNEY INTO FEAR 28)WILLIAM CONRAD'S BRAINSTORM 29)PAYROLL 30)THE MAN FROM LARAMIE FAVORITE ACTORS 1)DANA ANDREWS 2)JAMES CAGNEY 3)STANLEY BAKER 4)MARLON BRANDO 5)JACK NICHOLSON 6)CHARLES BRONSON 7)BURT REYNOLDS 8)WILLIAM LUCAS 9)TOM COURTENAY 10)GENE HACKMAN DIRECTORS 1)JACQUES TOURNEUR 2)RICHARD FLEISCHER 3)VAL GUEST 4)STANLEY KUBRICK 5)OTTO PREMINGER 6)ORSON WELLES 7)JOHN GUILLERMAN 8)JOHN LANDIS 9)SAM PECKINPAH 10)MICHAEL WINNER