The Marked One is a 1963 British second feature crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring William Lucas, Zena Walker and Patrick Jordan. It was written by Paul Erickson. An ex-con's daughter is kidnapped by a blackmailer.

Plot summary

Truck driver Don Mason is an ex-con who served time for involvement in a forgery racket, and is now trying to go straight. A blackmailer demands the plates used in the forgery, threatening Mason's wife and kidnapping their child.

Cast

  • William Lucas as Don Mason
  • Zena Walker as Kay Mason
  • Patrick Jordan as Inspector Mayne
  • Laurie Leigh as Maisie
  • David Gregory as Ed Jones
  • Arthur Lovegrove as Benson
  • Marianne Stone as Mrs Benson
  • Kim Tracy as Wanda
  • Edward Ogden as Nevil Stone
  • Frederick Peisley as Mossie
  • Dorothy Gordon as Ruby
  • Frank Sieman as Lacey
  • Brian Nissen as Charles Warren
  • Lynn Pinkney as Sally
  • Richard McNeff as Inspector Rogers

Production

The film was made at MGM Studios, Borehamwood.

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "Spot-the-blackmailer crime thriller, quite neatly built but sleazy and slackly motivated (why is everyone so crassly opposed to going to the police?). The direction is nondescript; William Lucas, Zena Walker and Brian Nissen act well despite stereotyped roles."

References

External links

  • The Marked One at IMDb

The Marked One (1963) MUBI

The Marked Volume 1 Review But Why Tho?

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