The Risk
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Roy Boulting
Tony Britton
Virginia Maskell
Peter Cushing
Ian Bannen
Raymond Huntley
Film Details
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Synopsis
In London, under the supervision of Professor Sewell, a group of dedicated British scientists have developed a serum which they believe could be used to stamp out typhus and bubonic epidemics. Because the serum involves using a particularly virulent germ that could be used by an enemy power for germ warfare, the minister of defense denies Sewell permission to publish his findings under the Official Secrets Act. Sewell accepts the decision, albeit angrily, but one of his assistants, Bob Marriott, is less resigned. Marriott is further troubled by his frustrated love for Lucy Byrne, a co-scientist tied to her former fiancé, Alan Andrews, an armless and embittered Korean war veteran. Alan learns Marriott is indignant over the Ministry's decision, and he puts him in touch with Mr. Brown, a shady individual who claims he can get the research papers published by an "international scientific exchange." Satisfied that he has had his revenge on humanity, Alan kills himself. Though Sewell catches Marriott stealing the secret file, he protects him from security officers who have been investigating Brown's connections. Realizing his error, Marriott aids the security men in trapping Brown and his confederates; and free of guilt, he prepares for a peaceful future with Lucy.
Cast
Tony Britton
Virginia Maskell
Peter Cushing
Ian Bannen
Raymond Huntley
Thorley Walters
Donald Pleasence
Spike Milligan
Kenneth Griffith
Robert Bruce
Anthony Booth
Basil Dignam
Brian Oulton
Sam Kydd
John Payne
Murray Melvin
Andre Charise
Geoffrey Bayldon
Crew
Terry Addison
Peter Allwork
Gerry Anstiss
Nigel Balchin
Beryl Booth
John Boulting
Roy Boulting
Roy Boulting
Boulting Brothers
Ann Box
Frédéric François Chopin
Maude Churchill
Jack W. Davies
Jeffrey Dell
Henry Emery
Alan Evans
Percy Godbold
Max Greene
Peter James
John Jympson
Julian Mackintosh
Joan Parcell
Ron Pope
Basil Rabin
Laurie Ridley
Jack Roche
Jeremy Saunders
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Scriabin
Philip Shipway
George Stephenson
Jackie Sullivan
Ernie Webb
John Wilkes
Freddie Williamson
Albert Witherick
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Opened in London in November 1960 as Suspect; working title: The Risk.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1961
Released in United States 1961
