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Playback
Playback
Directed by	Quentin Lawrence
Written by	Robert Banks Stewart
Based on	Short story; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Jack Greenwood
Starring	Margit Saad; Barry Foster; Nigel Green;
Cinematography	Bert Mason
Edited by	Derek Holding
Music by	Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production; company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date	1962;
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Playback is a 1962 British crime film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Margit Saad, Barry Foster and Nigel Green.^[1] It was written by Robert Banks Stewart based on a short story by Edgar Wallace,^[2] and was part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series.

Plot

Policeman Dave Hollis is a gambler and in debt. He falls for wealthy Lisa Shillack, who persuades him to murder her husband. After he has done so, Lisa frames him. He goes into hiding until he can murder her too. When convicted, he reflects on his story.

Cast

Margit Saad as Lisa Shillack
Barry Foster as Dave Hollis
Victor Platt as Inspector Gorman
Dinsdale Landen as Joe Ross
George Pravda as Simon Shillack
Nigel Green as Ralph Monk
Jerold Wells as Inspector Parkes
Grace Arnold as Miss Wilson
Donald Tandy as Police Sergeant
Kenneth Fortescue as first tennis player
Peter Stephens as first drunk
Barry Warren as second tennis player
Billy Milton as second drunk
Peter Thomas as Constable Wilkie
Edgar Driver as porter
Edward Davies as waiter
Dickie Owen as waiter
June Murphy as first waitress
Tamara Hinchco as second waitress
Arch Taylor as doorman
Monti DeLyle as croupier

Production

It was made at Merton Park Studios, with sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This biography of the downfall of an ambitious and conscientious young policeman is rather too predictable, and shows little sign of the Edgar Wallace hallmark (it must indeed be a minor and little-known work). It is efficiently enough played, but achieves little conviction, emerging as one of the less successful of the series."^[3]

References

^ "Playback". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 486.
^ "Playback". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 156. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.