Delayed ActionMovie
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
About Delayed Action
Delayed Action is a 1954 crime movie directed by John Harlow.
The production information lists a runtime of 58m, production credits from United Kingdom, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Robert Ayres, June Thorburn, Alan Wheatley, Bruce Seton. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
