The Last Page

Jan 25, 1952

1h 24m

★ 5.7

Poison never came in a prettier package!

Overview

A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Lippert Films

Hammer Film Productions

The Last Page Trailers

Cast

John Harman

George Brent

Ruby Bruce

Diana Dors

Stella Tracy

Marguerite Chapman

Clive Oliver

Raymond Huntley

Jeffrey Hart

Peter Reynolds

Eleanor Summerfield

Inspector Dale

Meredith Edwards

Joe

Harry Fowler

May Harman

Isabel Dean

Police Constable

Archie Duncan

Inspector Todd

Conrad Phillips

Mushroom Book Customer

Ian Wilson

In this crime melodrama, a Swiss woman finds herself unwittingly involved in a plot to steal from her employer, a London diamond merchant. Her boyfriend is behind the scheme. First he sends two accomplices disguised as German jewelers to see the boss. He is not fooled by their ruse and is killed while the woman is knocked unconscious. She awakens with amnesia and begins aimlessly wandering the London streets. Thinking that his girl has squealed to the police, her boy friend begins scouring the town to find her. Meanwhile, she is taken in by a boxer who returns to the ring to win the money needed to get her out of the country. Trouble ensues when her lover finally finds her after the match and begins beating on the exhausted fighter.

6.5

Never Let Go

Jun 2, 1960

John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.

5.8

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By

Dec 1, 1952

A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.

5.2

The Gambler and the Lady

Dec 26, 1952

A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.

7.0

Clash by Night

Aug 29, 1964

A gangster is caught and arrested by police. When he's being transported by bus -- filled with innocent civilians -- it's hi-jacked by his gang in attempt to free their boss. They hide out. As the authorities close in they threaten to torch the barn the escapee and his men are hiding in -- with their hostage inside.

7.0

Footsteps in the Fog

Sep 14, 1955

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

6.7

Hell Drivers

Jul 23, 1957

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

6.6

The Long Memory

Jan 23, 1953

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

5.7

Paid to Kill

Jun 25, 1954

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

6.6

Nowhere to Go

Dec 2, 1958

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

5.8

Corridor of Mirrors

Feb 23, 1948

A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.

6.5

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Oct 30, 1948

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him unstable and violent, gets into a bar fight in which he kills a man and then flees. He hides out with the assistance of a nurse, Jane Wharton, who believes his story that the killing was an accident.

4.8

Hidden Homicide

Jan 1, 1959

A novelist wakes up with a gun in his hand and a corpse in the house he woke up in. He doesn't remember how he got there or even if he committed the killing.