cult film freak: DENNIS COLE, RENÉE ASHERSON & PATRICK BARR 'TIME IS MY ENEMY'

Written by James M. Tate / 8/18/2024 / No comments / british film noir , crime , dennis price , duncan lamont , fifties , renee asherson , susan shaw , william franklyn

DENNIS COLE, RENÉE ASHERSON & PATRICK BARR 'TIME IS MY ENEMY'

8/18/2024 | No comment

Title: TIME IS MY ENEMY Year: 1954 Rating: **1/2

British actor Dennis Price made a living as smooth-talking lowlifes in British b-movies, and in 1954 he's a blackmailer for TIME IS MY ENEMY, crashing on his wealthy ex-wife who thought he died... while instigating cop Duncan Lamont, really the main character here, tries figuring things out...

This low-budget British programmer talks more than acts with dialogue over action, including an opening heist/murder that's only discussed through exposition... wasting characters like Price's two femme fatale lovers Barbara Graley and Susan Shaw, ultimately giving most of the work to initial ingenue-victim Renée Asherson, who even gets to wield a smoking gun to have some 11th hour crime-genre fun, which everybody on board here needed much more of.

Dennis Price and Patrick Barr in TIME IS MY ENEMY

Renée Asherson in TIME IS MY ENEMY

Barbara Graley in TIME IS MY ENEMY

Susan Shaw and Patrick Barr in TIME IS MY ENEMY

William Franklyn in TIME IS MY ENEMY

Dennis Price in TIME IS MY ENEMY

Dennis Price in TIME IS MY ENEMY with Barbara Graley

TIME IS MY ENEMY with Barbara Graley

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