A private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.A private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.A private detective solves a murder of which he has been accused, and tracks down a gang of jewel smugglers.
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- TriviaConquest's car is a 1952 Frazer Nash Targa Florio, one of only 14 made. Red in colour, original registration number DEB 340. The Frazer Nash registry gives the chassis number 421/200/171 for this car.
- GoofsA continuity error - at 35m 30s (depending on your copy), see the taxi, registration number DGH 295 - see the number plate half way up the grille, and at 36m 10s see the design of the vehicle, then see at 36m 13s when the taxi stops - the number plate is below the front bumper and the grille is a different shape. It is a totally different vehicle.
- Quotes
Norman Conquest: It's a long way to the pavement. He was killed instantly?
Supt. Williams: That's a very clever piece of deduction.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)
Featured review
A clumsy frame
Released on this side of the pond by Poverty Row studio Lippert Pictures, Norman Conquest has the former Falcon Tom Conway playing another private detective who starts heeding the voice of his male member when it concerns the alluring Eva Bartok and gets framed for murder.
It's a rather clumsy frame that all but thick as a brick police inspector Sid James can figure out. Even he's convinced after a while.
It all has to do with some stolen jewels and a Nazi war criminal thought dead but actually in Great Britain. Eva Bartok is from some unnamed Eastern European country and she's playing her own game with both her Communist satellite government and the baron. It all doesn't work out in the end with a climax taken from Destry Rides Again.
Conway must have felt he was back at RKO playing The Falcon. Norman Conquest has a rather muddled storyline and moves to slow even for a 75 minute running time. If you like Tom Conway and/or Eva Bartok I'd check this one out.
It's a rather clumsy frame that all but thick as a brick police inspector Sid James can figure out. Even he's convinced after a while.
It all has to do with some stolen jewels and a Nazi war criminal thought dead but actually in Great Britain. Eva Bartok is from some unnamed Eastern European country and she's playing her own game with both her Communist satellite government and the baron. It all doesn't work out in the end with a climax taken from Destry Rides Again.
Conway must have felt he was back at RKO playing The Falcon. Norman Conquest has a rather muddled storyline and moves to slow even for a 75 minute running time. If you like Tom Conway and/or Eva Bartok I'd check this one out.
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- Dec 12, 2013
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- Also known as
- Die blonde Spionin
- Filming locations
- Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at)
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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