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 |
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| Based on | novel Dare-Devil Conquest by Berkeley Gray |
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| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Clifford Boote (as Cifford Boot) |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | B & A Productions (as B & A Productions Limited) |
| Distributed by | Eros Films |
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 as Norman Conquest
- Eva Bartok as Nadina Rodin
- Joy Shelton as Pixie Everard
- Sid James as Superintendent Bill Williams
- Richard Wattis as Theodore Feather
- Carl Jaffe as Boris Roff
- Frederick Schiller as Ivan Burgin
- Robert Adair as Baron von Henschel
- Anton Diffring as Gregor
- Ian Fleming as Colonel Santling
- Edwin Richfield as Mr Reynolds
- Michael Balfour as Ted Birston
- Martin Boddey as Stumpy
- Terence Alexander as Hotel Manager
- Victor Platt as Taxi Driver
- Leon Davey as Mandeville Livingstone
- Richard Marner as Barkov
- Tony Hilton as Lift attendant
- Alan Rolfe as Police inspector
- Derek Prentice as Hall porter
- Frank Sieman as Captain Kramer
- Brian Moorehead as First mate
- Billie Hill as Mrs Pottle
- Anthony Woodruff as 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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