Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

10/02/1950 (GB) • 1h 4m

Adventure, Crime, Family, Science Fiction

With one bound Dick was free

Overview

David Phillips (Patrick Macnee) is running down the darkened streets of London's Limehouse district, pursued by two men with guns. He finds a public phone and puts a call through to Dick Barton (Don Stannard), but before he can report, a shot rings out. Barton must piece together what Phillips found out that got him killed. Phillips had been assigned to protect Professor Mitchell (Percy Walsh) and his new development, a ray capable of exploding any unstable element aboard an aircraft in flight. Mitchell has been targeted for kidnapping by Serge Volkoff (Meinhart Maur), a foreign agent from Eastern Europe, as part of a larger, much more sinister plot to destroy England and cripple Western Europe. Complicating matters further is that Mitchell's daughter (Joyce Linden) has also been kidnapped, and Barton must contend with Volkoff's crafty female companion Anna (Tamara Desni).

Top Billed Cast

Don Stannard

Dick Barton

Meinhart Maur

Serge Volkoff

Joyce Linden

Mary Mitchell

Percy Walsh

Professor Mitchell

Campbell Singer

Inspector Cavendish

Richard George

Inspector Slade

Beatrice Kane

Betsy Horrock


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Part of the Dick Barton Collection

Includes Dick Barton Strikes Back, Dick Barton at Bay, Dick Barton: Special Agent

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

detective

lighthouse

death ray

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