Face in the Night


Face in the Night is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Griffith Jones, Lisa Gastoni and Vincent Ball. It was based on the novel Suspense by prolific crime writer Bruce Graeme. The film was released in the U.S. as Menace in the Night.

Plot

A young woman witnesses a mailbag robbery that ends with a dead postman, but she is intimidated into not coming forward.

Cast

wrote, "this British crime quickie reads rather better than it plays"; while TV Guide wrote that the film is "hampered by some less-than-impressive camerawork"; but Sky Movies noted "a crisp thriller, economic in length but correspondingly fast in pace and actionful."