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23 Paces to Baker Street is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color mystery thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway. It was released by 20th Century Fox and filmed in Cinemascope on location in London.
23 Paces to Baker Street: Directed by Henry Hathaway. With Van Johnson, Vera Miles, Cecil Parker, Patricia Laffan. A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Henry Hathaway
- 1956-07-27
23 Paces to Baker Street. While drowning his sorrows at the local bar, blind writer Phillip Hannon (Van Johnson) eavesdrops on a nearby conversation. Convinced that he's just overheard...
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- Henry Hathaway
- Mystery & Thriller
- Van Johnson
23 Paces to Baker Street (1956) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis. Phillip Hannon, a successful playwright whose recent blindness has driven him to move from New York to London, is paid a surprise visit one day by Jean Lennox, the woman to whom he was once engaged. Phil, bitter and self-pitying since losing his sight, abruptly dismisses Jean and then leaves the apartment.
A blind American writer living in London stumbles upon a criminal conspiracy involving kidnapping and extortion. Famed American playwright Phillip Hannon is in London making revisions to his play currently running in the West End.
Overview. Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler, and his ex fiancée, attempt to track down the crooks. Henry Hathaway. Director. Philip MacDonald. Novel. Nigel Balchin.
