| The Desperate Man | |
| Director: | Peter Maxwell |
| Producer: | Jack Greenwood |
| Based On: | novel Beginner's Luck by Paul Somers |
| Starring: | Conrad Phillips Jill Ireland William Hartnell Charles Gray |
| Music: | James Stevens |
| Cinematography: | Gerald Moss |
| Editing: | Geoffrey Muller |
| Studio: | Merton Park Studios |
| Distributor: | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
| Runtime: | 57 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Desperate Man is a 1959 British B movie crime film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Conrad Phillips, Jill Ireland, William Hartnell, Charles Gray and Peter Swanwick.[1] The plot involves a writer who investigates a murder in the tower of a castle. It is adapted from the 1958 novel Beginner's Luck by Paul Somers, the writer better known as Andrew Garve.[2]
In the US, the feature was shown as an episode of Kraft Mystery Theater in 1961.[3]
Two reporters, Curtis and his girlfriend Carol, pursue jewel thief Smith through the Sussex countryside. On arriving at an ancient castle, Smith abducts Carol and holds her hostage, and Curtis is forced to assist the thief to find his buried loot.