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Delayed Action

5.8195458mMovieCrime

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…

DirectorJohn Harlow
WriterGeoffrey Orme
ProducersRobert S. Baker·Monty Berman

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Cast · Directed by John Harlow

RARobert Ayres
Robert Ayres
Ned Ellison
JTJune Thorburn
June Thorburn
Anne Curlew
AWAlan Wheatley
Alan Wheatley
Mark Cruden
BSBruce Seton
Bruce Seton
Sellars
MBMichael Balfour
Michael Balfour
Honey
BBBallard Berkeley
Ballard Berkeley
Insp. Crane
MK
Michael Kelly
Lobb
JHJohn Horsley
John Horsley
Worsley
OK
Olive Kirby
Angela Bentley
IFIan Fleming
Ian Fleming
Dr. Jepson
MR
Myrtle Reed
Jackie
DC
Dennis Chinnery
Bank cashier

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Delayed Action — streaming FAQ

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Delayed Action hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around August 19, 1954. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.