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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