Third Party Risk

Third Party Risk

U.S. poster
Directed by Daniel Birt
Produced by Michael Carreras
Written by Daniel Birt
Robert Dunbar
Nicholas Bentley (novel)
Starring Lloyd Bridges
Simone Silva
Finlay Currie
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Production
company
Distributed by Lippert Pictures (USA)
Exclusive Films (UK)
Release dates
  • 8 October 1954 (1954-10-08)
Running time
 70 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Third Party Risk, released in the United States under the title Deadly Game, is a 1954 British crime drama film, directed by Daniel Birt and starring Lloyd Bridges, Simone Silva and Finlay Currie. It is based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Bentley.

Plot

While holidaying in Spain, Philip Graham (Bridges) by chance runs into an old wartime RAF colleague Tony Roscoe (Peter Dyneley), now a society photographer. The pair spend some time reminiscing, before Tony is urgently called back to England on business. Tony is required to fly home, so Philip offers to drive Tony's car back from Spain at the end of his holiday. Tony asks him to also pick up an envelope he has left in the hotel safe.

After Tony's departure, Phil is attacked in a case of mistaken identity while driving Tony's car. When he reports the attack, a local police inspector (Roger Delgado) and a mysterious hotel guest Darius (Currie) both tell him that since his discharge from the RAF, Tony has become embroiled in suspicious and probably criminal activities and has been under surveillance.

Back in England, Phil goes to return the car, only to find Tony dead on the floor of his darkroom. Phil becomes the prime suspect and, realising that the key to the case must be the contents of the envelope he has in his possession, sets about investigating on his own account. He quickly becomes drawn into a world of extortion and industrial espionage, focussed on a stolen medical formula which many people seem to want to get their hands on. Along the way he romances the enigmatic Mitzi (Silva) and also falls into the sphere of influence of sultry temptress Marina (Maureen Swanson). Developments lead him back to Spain, where he finally manages to crack the mystery.

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