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Suspect (1960)

Suspect poster
Directed by
John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Genre
thriller
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British intelligence agent becomes suspicious that a top scientist is passing secrets to the enemy. As he investigates, he grows increasingly isolated and paranoid in his mission.

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What happens

Suspect (U.S. title: The Risk) is a 1960 British 'B' thriller film produced and directed by Roy and John Boulting and starring Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen and Donald Pleasence. It was based on the 1949 novel A Sort of Traitors by Nigel Balchin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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