Smokescreen
1964 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Jim O'Connolly |
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| Writer: | Jim O'Connolly |
| Staring: |
| A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 02, 1964 |
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| Director: | Jim O'Connolly |
| Writer: | Jim O'Connolly |
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| Keywords | fraud |
| Production Companies | Butcher's Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Peter Vaughan | Roper |
| John Carson | Trevor Bayliss |
| Yvonne Romain | Janet Dexter |
| Gerald Flood | Graham Turner |
| Glynn Edwards | Inspector Wright |
| John Glyn-Jones | Player |
| Sam Kydd | Hotel Waiter |
| Penny Morrell | Helen - Turner's Secretary |
| Deryck Guyler | Station Master |
| David Gregory | Pete The Smudger |
| Jill Curzon | June |
| Barbara Hicks | Miss Breen |
| Bert Palmer | Barman |
| Tom Gill | Reception Clerk |
| Edward Ogden | Police Sergeant |
| Anthony Dawes | John Dexter |
| Romo Gorrara | Taxi Driver |
| Maja Hafernik | Maid |
| Damaris Hayman | Mrs Roper's Nurse (Uncredited) |
| Derek Francis | Dexter's Doctor (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Johnny Gregory | Music |
| Jim O'Connolly | Writer, Director |
| Name | Title |
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| John I. Phillips | Producer |
| Ronald Liles | Associate Producer |
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This is quite an interesting yarn about an insurance assessor "Roper" (Peter Vaughan) sent to look into a large claim after a businessman goes missing. Fairly swiftly, he discovers it's really a case of potential murder and his naturally inquisitive, meticulous, nature encourages him to investigate. ... It's not too long before he is embroiled in a tale of money, debts, adultery and corpse-hunting. It's not exactly the stuff of Hercule Poirot, and the production is all a low-budget affair, but Vaughan carries it all off quite well as he tries to pull together the threads of infidelity and fraud, and with solid supporting contributions from John Carson and Yvonne Romain to keep the waters muddy for a time, it passes an hour effortlessly enough.