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Overview
23 Paces to Baker Street is an American thriller film first released in 1956,
directed by Henry Hathaway.
The film stars Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan and Maurice Denham.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
Philip Hannon is a successful American playwright who is settling into
a humdrum bachelor life in London when his former fiancée Jean
Lennox decides to walk back into his life. They haven’t met for
several years, separating not long after after an accident which left
Philip blind. One evening, Philip heads off alone to his local
pub and overhears a strange conversation between a man and a woman who
appear to be plotting a kidnapping. When the police fail to take
his story seriously, Philip decides to conduct his own investigation,
not knowing that he is up against a very dangerous opponent...
Film Review
23 Paces to Baker Street is
little known suspense thriller which looks suspiciously like a watered
down remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s earlier Rear Window (1954). It was
directed by Henry Hathaway, who had previously made his mark with some
memorable film noir dramas such as The Dark Corner (1946),
although his most well-known film is probably True Grit (1969), a classic western
starring John Wayne. Some obvious deficiencies in the screenplay
are compounded by a pretty one-note performance from Van Johnson who
fails to evoke much sympathy or convey any sense of danger.
However, this is at least partly made up for by the attractive colour
cinematography, which includes some spectacular panoramic shots of the
London skyline.
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