Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)

Marriage of Convenience
Directed by	Clive Donner
Written by	Robert Banks Stewart
Based on	The Three Oak Mystery by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Jim O'Connolly
Starring	John Cairney Harry H. Corbett John Van Eyssen
Cinematography
Edited by	Bernard Gribble
Music by	Francis Chagrin
Production company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date	November 1960
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Marriage of Convenience is a 1960 British crime film directed by Clive Donner and starring Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney and John Van Eyssen.^[1] Part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on the 1924 novel The Three Oak Mystery.^[2]

Synopsis[]

A convict escapes from jail, only to discover that his girlfriend has married the police officer who arrested him.

Cast[]

• Harry H. Corbett as Inspector Bruce
• John Cairney as Larry
• John Van Eyssen as John Mandle
• Jennifer Daniel as Barbara Blair
• Moira Redmond as Tina
• Russell Waters as Sam Spencer
• Trevor Reid as Superintendent Carver
• Howard Goorney as Onion Seller
• Alexander Archdale as Governor
• as Uniformed Inspector
• Patrick Ludlow as Registrar
• as 1st. Warder
• as 2nd. Warder
• Alex Scott as Vic Ellis
• Patricia Burke as Woman in the Apartment
• as Evie Martin
• Leila Williams as Secretary
• as Garage Apprentice
• as Sergeant Collins

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links[]

• Marriage of Convenience at IMDb

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