Park Plaza 605
Park Plaza 605, released as Norman Conquest in the United States, is a 1953 British crime film. Made as a B movie, it stars Tom Conway, Eva Bartok, and Joy Shelton, and also features Sid James and Richard Wattis.[1] It is based on the Norman Conquest series of novels by Berkeley Gray.[2]
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| Directed by | Bernard Knowles |
| Produced by | Albert Fennell Bertram Ostrer |
| Written by | Bertram Ostrer Albert Fennell Bernard Knowles Clifford Witting (treatment) |
| Based on | novel Dare-Devil Conquest by Berkeley Gray |
| Starring | Tom Conway Eva Bartok Joy Shelton |
| Music by | Philip Green |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Clifford Boote (as Cifford Boot) |
Production company | B & A Productions (as B & A Productions Limited) |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) Lippert Pictures (US) |
Release date | December 1953 (UK) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Private investigator Norman Conquest stumbles across a cryptic message being sent by carrier pigeon and his curiosity leads him to room 605 of the Park Plaza Hotel, where he meets a mysterious foreign blonde woman, and finds himself embroiled in a murder investigation with himself as the prime suspect.
Cast
- Tom Conway - Norman Conquest
- Eva Bartok - Nadina Rodin
- Joy Shelton - Pixie Everard
- Sid James (as "Sidney James") - Superintendent Bill Williams
- Richard Wattis - Theodore Feather
- Carl Jaffe - Boris Roff
- Frederick Schiller - Ivan Burgin
- Robert Adair - Baron von Henschel
- Anton Diffring - Gregor
- Ian Fleming - Colonel Santling
- Edwin Richfield - Mr Reynolds
- Michael Balfour - Ted Birston
- Martin Boddey - Stumpy
- Terence Alexander - Hotel Manager
- Victor Platt - Taxi Driver
- Leon Davey - Mandeville Livingstone
- Richard Marner - Barkov
- Tony Hilton - Lift attendant
- Alan Rolfe - Police inspector
- Derek Prentice - Hall porter
- Frank Sieman - Captain Kramer
- Brian Moorehead - First mate
- Billie Hill - Mrs Pottle
- Anthony Woodruff - Clerk
Critical reception
Radio Times called Park Plaza 605 a "fair British B-feature."[3]
References
- bkoganbing (11 September 1953). "Norman Conquest (1953)". IMDb.
- "Park Plaza 605". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
- Allen Eyles. "Park Plaza 605". RadioTimes.
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