Film

The Scent of Fear

7.01959

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Year: 1959

Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival in London. However, a high-ranking secret police officer posing as a passenger informs her that the man she's protecting is not wanted for his politics; actually, he is a murderer.

Top cast

Anthony Quayle

Colonel Kralik

Lorenza Colville

Eva Kralik

Frederick Schiller

Neumann

Alexis Chesnakov

Pechka

Neil McCallum

Karl Schling

Dorothy Tutin

Joan Bridey

John Carson

Tom Brook

Barrie Cookson

Harry Mylner

Jack Stewart

Dusty Fraser

Jacqueline Ellis

Peggy Court

Carl Duering

Sten

Wolfe Morris

Mueller

David Ritch

Brandt

Directed by

John Llewellyn Moxey

Written by

Ted Willis

Produced by

Sydney Newman