The Secret Tent
| The Secret Tent | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Don Chaffey |
| Written by | Jan Read |
| Based on | the play The Secret Tent by Elizabeth Addyman |
| Starring | Donald Gray |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
Release date | February 1956 |
Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Secret Tent is a 1956 crime film directed by Don Chaffey.[1] It stars Donald Gray and Andrée Melly and was made at Shepperton Studios.[2][3]
Plot[]
Respectable wife Ruth attempts to conceal her secret past as a criminal from neighbours and from her husband Chris. However, when a neighbour is burgled and Ruth mysteriously disappears, she becomes the police's prime suspect. Husband Chris searches the city for Ruth, in hopes of proving her innocence.
Cast[]
- Donald Gray as Chris Martyn
- Andrée Melly as Ruth Martyn
- Jean Anderson as Mrs. Martyn
- Sonia Dresdel as Miss Mitchum-Browne
- Andrew Cruickshank as Inspector Thornton
- Dinah Ann Rogers as Sally
- Peter Hammond as Smith
- Conrad Phillips as Sergeant
- Gareth Tandy as Philip
Critical reception[]
Sky Movies wrote, "talented director Don Chaffey, who later made The Man Upstairs, Jason and the Argonauts and A Jolly Bad Fellow treats novelettish material with some flair in this story of a former `bad girl' whose past threatens her present happiness."[4]
References[]
- ^ "The Secret Tent (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Movie search results for "the secret tent" - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "The Secret Tent - Pinewood filming location". pinewoodgroup.com.
- ^ "Secret Tent". Find and Watch.
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