Whirlpool (1959)
Directed by Lewis Allen

Drama

Film Synopsis

A murderer and his female accomplice are on the run. As he prepares to flee Germany by bus, she persuades the owner of a barge to help them escape by river. The killer is willing to take any risk to avoid being captured, so he forces the barge captain to steer his craft into a perilous stretch of the river...

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Film Credits

Director: Lewis Allen
Script: Marcel Stellman, Lawrence P. Bachmann (novel)
Cinematographer: Geoffrey Unsworth
Music: Ron Goodwin
Cast: O.W. Fischer (Rolf), Juliette Gréco (Lora), Muriel Pavlow (Dina), William Sylvester (Hermann), Marius Goring (Georg), Peter Illing (Braun), Lily Kann (Frau Steen), Geoffrey Bayldon (Wendel), Richard Palmer (Derek), Harold Kasket (Stiebel), Victor Brooks (Bootsmann), Arthur Howell (Pilot)
Country: UK
Language: English
Support: Color
Runtime: 95 min

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