Portrait of Alison
A post card killer threatens artists, models, diamonds and MURDER!
1955 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Guy Green |
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| Writer: | Guy Green, Ken Hughes, Francis Durbridge |
| Staring: |
| An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 29, 1955 |
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| Director: | Guy Green |
| Writer: | Guy Green, Ken Hughes, Francis Durbridge |
| Genres: | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Keywords | london, england, scotland yard, smuggling (contraband), postcard, whodunit, police detective, dead woman, presumed dead, dead woman on bed, portrait painting, murder mystery, painter as artist, jewel smuggling, murdered fiancée, fall from height, advertising model, black & white, advertising artist |
| Production Companies | Insignia Films (GB) |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Terry Moore | Alison Ford |
| Robert Beatty | Tim Forrester |
| William Sylvester | Dave Forrester |
| Josephine Griffin | Jill Stewart |
| Geoffrey Keen | Inspector Colby |
| Allan Cuthbertson | Henry Carmichael |
| Henry Oscar | John Smith |
| William Lucas | Reg Dorking |
| Terence Alexander | Fenby |
| Bruno Barnabe | Italian Detective |
| Eric Corrie | Pilot |
| Jack Howarth | Hotel Porter |
| Stuart Saunders | Sgt. Haines |
| Marianne Stone | Receptionist |
| Frank Thornton | Police Photographer |
| Raymond Francis | Police Inspector - Interpol Division |
| Sam Kydd | Bill, the Telephone Engineer |
| Robert Raglan | (uncredited) |
| Ian Wilson | Dorking's Customer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Guy Green | Writer, Director |
| Ken Hughes | Writer |
| Francis Durbridge | Story |
| John Veale | Original Music Composer |
| Wilkie Cooper | Director of Photography |
| Peter Taylor | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Godwin | Producer |
| Tony Owen | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Robert Beatty is an artist who learns that his brother has been killed in a Italian car accident. As you'd expect, that's just the start of it - the mystery revolves around a postcard featuring a glass of Chianti being held in a woman's hand... Who has it? What does it mean? Is it a clue to the myst ... erious death? This is a far more layered thriller than you'd expect - the performances are taut and the dialogue less meandering than in many other UK-made dramas of the time. Geoffrey Keen is good as the sceptical police inspector and although you do get the gist well before the end, it's still quite a suspensefully directed (by Guy Green) 80 minutes.