
“With one bound Dick was free!”
Special Agent Dick Barton uncovers a ring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate the world using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.
Release Date: 4/1/1949
Runtime: 73 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Godfrey Grayson
00Companies: Hammer Film Productions
Countries: United Kingdom
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There is just something about the theme music that forgives just about everything else with these entertaining, if unchallenging mysteries. This one sees the suave Don Stannard in the title role, on the trail of some dastardly villains bent on world domination using a mind-controlling frequency. Director Godfrey Grayson offers us quite a well paced intrigue with plenty of action, the double-dealing "Tina" (Jean Lodge) and a tense little conclusion that passes an hour easily enough. The production is basic, and in this particular story the audio effects of their device did prove to be actually quite annoying after a while. Luckily there is no real jeopardy whatsoever so that's soon sorted out. Though entirely predictable, I still quite enjoyed it.
Jean Lodge
Tina

Don Stannard
Dick Barton
Bruce Walker
Snowey White

Sebastian Cabot
Alfonso Delmonte Fourcada

Jean Lodge
Tina

James Raglan
Lord Sir James A. Armadale
Humphrey Kent
Col. Gardner

John Harvey
Major Henderson
Morris Sweden
Agent Robert Creston

Tony Morelli
Nicholas, thug with accordian
George Crawford
Alex, a gunman
Sidney Vivian
Insp. Burke

Peter Wyngarde
Soldier