Echo of Barbara
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| Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
| Produced by | Julian Wintle Leslie Parkyn |
| Written by | John Kruse |
| Based on | novel Echo of Barbara by Jonathan Burke |
| Starring | Mervyn Johns Maureen Connell with Paul Stassino |
| Music by | Davide Castrati |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | Tristam Cones |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time
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58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Echo of Barbara is a 1960 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers, and based on a novel of the same title by Jonathan Burke.[1][2] It concerns Soho stripper Paula, who poses as Barbara, the missing sister of crooked Sam Roscoe, hoping to uncover the whereabouts of stolen money.[3]
Cast
- Mervyn Johns as Sam Roscoe
- Maureen Connell as Paula Brown
- Paul Stassino as Caledonia
- Ronald Hines as Mike Roscoe
- Tom Bell as Ben
- Brian Peck as Ted
- Eddie Leslie as Aide
- Beatrice Varley as Mrs. Roscoe
- John Abineri as Rankin
- Diana Potter as Pam
Critical reception
Allmovie called it "a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters."[3]
References
External links
- Echo of Barbara at BFI
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Echo of Barbara at IMDb
- Echo of Barbara at Letterbox DVD
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