Echo of Barbara
Directed bySidney Hayers
Written byJohn Kruse
Based onnovel Echo of Barbara by Jonathan Burke
Produced byJulian Wintle
Leslie Parkyn
StarringMervyn Johns
Maureen Connell
with Paul Stassino
CinematographyMichael Reed
Edited byTristam Cones
Music byDavide Castrati
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Echo of Barbara is a 1960 British crime film directed by Sidney Hayers, and based on a novel of the same title by Jonathan Burke.[1][2] It concerns Soho stripper Paula, who poses as Barbara, the missing sister of crooked Sam Roscoe, hoping to uncover the whereabouts of stolen money.[3]

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie called it "a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters."[3]

References

  1. ^ ECHO OF BARBARA Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 28, Iss. 324, (Jan 1, 1961): 23.
  2. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ a b "Echo of Barbara (1960) - Sidney Hayers, Arthur Alcott | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.

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Films directed by Sidney Hayers
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