A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud in Brighton and uncovers a murder.
Deryck Guyler
- Station Master
- (as Derek Guyler)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe opening shot of the burning car driving off the cliff and hitting the rocks on its way into the sea was used in TV episode Car in Flames (1962). In Smokescreen, the shot included a brief cutaway of two lovers who witnessed the incident; in the TV episode, the shot was continuous.
- GoofsA running joke in the film is that both the main character and his insurance company are mean with expenses, and yet they put him up at The Grand Hotel in Brighton - the most expensive one in the town even in 1964.
- Quotes
[Roper has been sitting in the hotel bar, eating the free crisps that they provide, but not ordering anything to drink. Finally Helen arrives]
Barman: She's arrived. Now he's *sure* to buy something.
Hotel Waiter: You want to bet? He's liable to order whisky and water - without the whisky.
- ConnectionsFeatures No Hiding Place: Car in Flames (1962)
Featured review
Great workmanlike entertainment
Peter Vaughan, a wonderful actor, is the rather slimy insurance investigator investigating a claim in coastal Sussex.
And this unlikely hero succeeds where the Police have failed!
Made on a tiny budget, this film proves that enormous budgets are not always necessary to make good cinema.
Truly a minimalist marvel.
And this unlikely hero succeeds where the Police have failed!
Made on a tiny budget, this film proves that enormous budgets are not always necessary to make good cinema.
Truly a minimalist marvel.
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- PhilAP
- Dec 27, 2003
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- L'accident d'auto
- Filming locations
- Seaford Head, Seaford, East Sussex, England, UK(Dexter's burning car falls over the cliff, witnessed by the Smudger and June)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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