23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)

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. The screenplay by Nigel Balchin was based on the 1938 novel Warrant for X, original UK title The Nursemaid Who Disappeared by Philip MacDonald.

Director – Henry Hathaway

Writers – Nigel Balchin (screenplay by), Philip MacDonald (novel)

Cast –
Van Johnson as Phillip Hannon
Vera Miles as Jean Lennox
Cecil Parker as Bob Matthews
Patricia Laffan as Miss Alice MacDonald
Maurice Denham as Inspector Grovening
Isobel Elsom as Lady Syrett
Estelle Winwood as Barmaid
Liam Redmond as Mr. Murch
Martin Benson as Pillings
Natalie Norwick as Janet Murch
Terence De Marney as Sergeant Luce

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Plot

Philip Hannon is a blind man who lives in a London flat with a spectacular view over the Thames river between Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross Station, with his trusted butler Bob Matthews; he works as a playwright. One day, he overhears part of a conversation in his local pub that possibly involves a plot to commit a crime. He tries to contact Inspector Grovening who offers no help, so he teams up with his butler and his ex-fiancée, Jean, who is over from America, to bring the kidnappers to justice. Their sleuthing soon leads them to a nanny agency with dire repercussions.