Circle of Danger

86 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget$700,000^[1]

Circle of Danger is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Jacques Tourneur which stars Ray Milland, Patricia Roc, Marius Goring, Hugh Sinclair and Naunton Wayne.^[2] An American travels to England to discover the truth behind his brother's death during the Second World War.^[3] The screenplay was by Philip MacDonald.

Cast

• Ray Milland as Clay Douglas
• Patricia Roc as Elspeth Graham
• Marius Goring as Sholto Lewis
• Hugh Sinclair as Hamish McArran
• Naunton Wayne as Reggie Sinclair
• Edward Rigby as Idwal Llewellyn
• Marjorie Fielding as Margaret McArran
• John Bailey as Pape Llewellyn
• Colin Gordon as Col. Fairbairn
• Dora Bryan as Bubbles Fitzgerald
• Reginald Beckwith as Oliver
• David Hutcheson as Tony Wrexham
• Michael Brennan as Bert Oakshott
• Peter Butterworth as Ernie (The Diver) (uncredited)

Critical reception

In The New York Times its anonymous reviewer wrote: "British restraint in acting and dialogue is almost painfully evident throughout the proceedings". Although Milland's acting is praised for its "naturalness, a quality which, it might be added, may be due in part to the unadorned and often expert dialogue turned out by Philip MacDonald", the film despite a decent British supporting cast, "is still an unexciting and largely placid adventure".^[4] Dennis Schwartz wrote of the film in 2013: "Though routine, the highly skilled Tourneur does his best to keep it lively, watchable and enjoyable."^[5]

References

External links

• Circle of Danger at IMDb