The Delavine Affair (1955)
1h 4m | PG-13
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.
Director: Douglas Peirce
Studio: Croydon-Passmore
Genre: Crime, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Peter Reynolds
as Rex Banner
Honor Blackman
as Maxine Banner
Gordon Jackson
as Peter J. Florian
Michael Balfour
as Sammy
Valerie Vernon
as Lola Meyerling
Katie Johnson
as Mrs. Bissett
Reviews
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.