The Secret | |
Director: | Cy Endfield |
Producer: | S. Benjamin Fisz |
Screenplay: | Cy Endfield Robert Brenon (play) |
Starring: | Sam Wanamaker Mandy Miller André Morell |
Music: | Phil Cardew |
Cinematography: | Jack Asher |
Editing: | Jack Slade |
Distributor: | Eros Films (UK) |
Runtime: | 80 minutes |
Language: | English |
The Secret is a 1955 British crime drama directed by Cy Endfield and starring Sam Wanamaker, Mandy Miller, and André Morell.[1]
Nick Delaney, an American stranded in England without money, meets a woman who has smuggled diamonds into the country inside a teddy bear. But his hopes for financial aid are shattered when she is pushed from a cliff. Delaney then finds himself the prime suspect. He finally gets his hands on the gems but loses them to a gang of crooks. Can Delaney prove his innocence and shop the crooks to the police?
TV Guide called the film "slow going, with a few moments of excitement."[2] Sky Movies called it a "taut thriller."[3]