Feature1955·64m·5.5

The Delavine Affair

CrimeDrama

Peter Reynolds stars as Rex Banner, a newspaperman who makes it his life's mission to track down a vicious gang of thieves. When his informant winds up dead, Rex finds himself framed for murder.

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Cast

Peter Reynolds

Rex Banner

Honor Blackman

Maxine Banner

Gordon Jackson

Peter J. Florian

Michael Balfour

Sammy

Valerie Vernon

Lola Meyerling

Katie Johnson

Mrs. Bissett

Peter Neil

Inspector Johnson

Laurie Main

Willie Summit

Peter Swanwick

Julius Meyerling

Mark Daly

Fred Bissett

Anna Turner

Mrs. Halloran

Mae Bacon

Fanny

Vernon Kelso

Macgregor

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
Croydon-Passmore

Crew

Director

Douglas Peirce

Writers

Robert H. Chapman, George Fisher

Jonah Jones

Director of Photography

Reviews

CinemaSerf

11/14/2022

5.0

When it looks like newspaper man "Rex Banner" (Peter Reynolds) is being framed for a murder, he and his wife "Maxine" (Honor Blackman) must try to find out just what happened and who might want to frame him! It's a rather messy detective yarn with one too many red herrings and some pretty mediocre writing. Blackman stands out but that isn't hard, and Gordon Jackson really ought to have read the script before he took the part of "Florian". Katie Johnson ("Miss Bissett") steals the show, but features way too infrequently to rescue this bog-standard afternoon feature from the well trodden path of sleuthing journalists with their glamorous assistants and a less than competent policeman.