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Echo of Barbara

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Echo of Barbara
Directed bySidney Hayers
Written byJohn Kruse
Based onnovel Echo of Barbara by Jonathan Burke
Produced byJulian Wintle
Leslie Parkyn
StarringMervyn Johns
Maureen Connell
with Paul Stassino
CinematographyMichael Reed
Edited byTristam Cones
Music byDavide Castrati
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Echo of Barbara is a 1960 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers, and starring Mervyn Johns and Maureen Connell. It was written by John Kruse based on the 1959 novel of the same title by Jonathan Burke.[1][2][3]

Plot

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Soho stripper Paula Brown poses as Barbara, the missing sister of crooked Sam Roscoe, hoping to uncover the whereabouts of stolen money.[4]

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An intricate and implausible impersonation story, made without style and falling back on sleazy and violent backgrounds and incidents to whip up some artificial excitement."[5]

Allmovie called it "a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Echo of Barbara". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  2. ^ ECHO OF BARBARA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (Jan 1, 1961): 23.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "Echo of Barbara (1960) - Sidney Hayers, Arthur Alcott | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  5. ^ "Echo of Barbara". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 23. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.
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