The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1958
The Strange Awakening
Directed by
Montgomery Tully
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle …
The story
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle for Fiends.
Cast
Lex BarkerPeter Chance
Carole MathewsSelena Friend
Lisa GastoniMarny Friend
Nora SwinburneMrs. Friend
Peter DyneleyDr. Rene Normand
Joe RobinsonSven
Malou PanteraIsabella
Richard MolinasLouis
John SerretCommissaire Sagain
Stanley MaxtedMr. Moffat
Monica GreyIris Chance
Yvonne AndreNun
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