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A 62-minute British noir where one woman turns a cop's life into expensive regret.
IMDb
67

Playback (1962)

tight noirfemme fatale feverpub-and-shadows London

Overview

Crime

A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

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Content warning
femme fatale
corruption of innocencepostwar suspicionmasculine pridemoral compromise

Standout Aspects

Acting

Margit Saad's dangerously controlled glamour.

Direction

Quentin Lawrence packs a feature's worth of dread into 62 minutes.

Best for:Solo: Rainy afternoon when you want mood without commitment.·Binge: Double-feature it with another British B-noir.
Q

Director

Quentin Lawrence

ReleasedSep 1, 1962
Runtime1h 2m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Merton Park Studios

Top Cast

Barry Foster

Barry Foster

Dave Hollis

Margit Saad

Margit Saad

Lisa Shillack

Nigel Green

Nigel Green

Ralph Monk

Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale Landen

Joe Ross

George Pravda

George Pravda

Simon Shillack

Jerold Wells

Jerold Wells

Inspector Parkes

Grace Arnold

Grace Arnold

Miss Wilson

Kenneth Fortescue

Kenneth Fortescue

First Tennis Player

Barry Warren

Barry Warren

Second Tennis Player

Billy Milton

Billy Milton

Second Drunk

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Margit Saad was a German star imported specifically to add continental mystery; she later sued a tabloid for claiming she was 'too sexy for British TV.'

Cultural

Made for Anglo-Amalgamated's low-budget 'B' unit, this captures a specific 1962 moment when British cinema was nervously eyeing European art films while still serving tea-and-killings crime programmers.

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