Um avaliador de seguros exigente investiga um potencial caso de fraude de seguros em Brighton e descobre um homicídio.Um avaliador de seguros exigente investiga um potencial caso de fraude de seguros em Brighton e descobre um homicídio.Um avaliador de seguros exigente investiga um potencial caso de fraude de seguros em Brighton e descobre um homicídio.
Deryck Guyler
- Station Master
- (as Derek Guyler)
Enredo
Você sabia?
- CuriosidadesThe opening shot of the burning car driving off the cliff and hitting the rocks on its way into the sea was used in TV episode Car in Flames (1962). In Smokescreen, the shot included a brief cutaway of two lovers who witnessed the incident; in the TV episode, the shot was continuous.
- Erros de gravaçãoA running joke in the film is that both the main character and his insurance company are mean with expenses, and yet they put him up at The Grand Hotel in Brighton - the most expensive one in the town even in 1964.
- Citações
[Roper has been sitting in the hotel bar, eating the free crisps that they provide, but not ordering anything to drink. Finally Helen arrives]
Barman: She's arrived. Now he's *sure* to buy something.
Hotel Waiter: You want to bet? He's liable to order whisky and water - without the whisky.
- ConexõesFeatures No Hiding Place: Car in Flames (1962)
Avaliação em destaque
Very enjoyable "who dunit" not overly long at 70 minutes.
It was of particular interest as it was filmed in the area where I live.
Although it is amusing how Roper fiddles expenses wherever he can while investigating insurance fraud, there is an ulterior motive. Anyone who has claimed expenses will laugh at this, or maybe shift uneasily in their seat.
Reference is made to the coastal railway link between Brighton and Eastbourne. No such line has ever existed. The station mentioned, Hellingly, could not possibly be seen from the vantage point shown on Seaford Head. Hellingly is north of Hailsham some 13 miles away. Hellingly Station does feature in the film (Derek Guyler as the Stationmaster) which is of historical interest as the station did close the following year as mentioned in the dialogue. The defunct station now sits on The Cuckoo Line, a local cycle and foot path linking Polegate and Eridge.
This film proves that you do not need a large budget to make an entertaining film. A good script and surrounding locations is all you need.
Although it is amusing how Roper fiddles expenses wherever he can while investigating insurance fraud, there is an ulterior motive. Anyone who has claimed expenses will laugh at this, or maybe shift uneasily in their seat.
Reference is made to the coastal railway link between Brighton and Eastbourne. No such line has ever existed. The station mentioned, Hellingly, could not possibly be seen from the vantage point shown on Seaford Head. Hellingly is north of Hailsham some 13 miles away. Hellingly Station does feature in the film (Derek Guyler as the Stationmaster) which is of historical interest as the station did close the following year as mentioned in the dialogue. The defunct station now sits on The Cuckoo Line, a local cycle and foot path linking Polegate and Eridge.
This film proves that you do not need a large budget to make an entertaining film. A good script and surrounding locations is all you need.
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- Data de lançamento
- País de origem
- Idioma
- Também conhecido como
- L'accident d'auto
- Locações de filme
- Seaford Head, Seaford, East Sussex, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(Dexter's burning car falls over the cliff, witnessed by the Smudger and June)
- Empresa de produção
- Consulte mais créditos da empresa na IMDbPro
- Tempo de duração1 hora 10 minutos
- Cor
- Proporção
- 1.37 : 1
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