Breakaway

5.2
  • Genre: Crime
  • Run time: 72 min
  • Premiere: 1956. July 16.

When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.

Discover

Tom Conway

Tom Martin

Honor Blackman

Paula Grant / Paula Jackson

Brian Worth

Johnny Matlock

Alexander Gauge

MacAllister

John Horsley

Michael Matlock

Paddy Webster

Diane Grant

John Colicos

First Kidnapper

Larry Taylor

Second Kidnapper

Arthur Lowe

Mitchell

Frederick Schrecker

Professor Dohlmann

Marianne Walla

Miss Freda Dohlmann

Russell Westwood

Berlin Man

Art

Norman G. Arnold

Art Direction

Camera

Desmond Davis

Camera Operator

Monty Berman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Sutton

Hairstylist

Jimmy Evans

Makeup Artist

Crew

Ronald Liles

Production Controller

Directing

Percy Hermes

Assistant Director

Gladys Reeve

Continuity

Henry Cass

Director

Editing

Anne Barker

Editor

Production

Monty Berman

Producer

Clive Midwinter

Production Manager

Sound

George Burgess

Sound Recordist

Stanley Black

Original Music Composer

Art

Norman G. Arnold

Art Direction

Camera

Desmond Davis

Camera Operator

Monty Berman

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Barbara Sutton

Hairstylist

Jimmy Evans

Makeup Artist

Crew

Ronald Liles

Production Controller

Directing

Percy Hermes

Assistant Director

Gladys Reeve

Continuity

Henry Cass

Director

Editing

Anne Barker

Editor

Production

Monty Berman

Producer

Clive Midwinter

Production Manager

Sound

George Burgess

Sound Recordist

Stanley Black

Original Music Composer