Breakaway
Genres
Overview
When Johnny Matlock whisks away a cold war secret from under the noses of Berlin's top secret agents, his every move is followed when he returns to England. His girlfriend Paula is kidnapped but her handbag is discovered at the scene of the crime by the aristocratic private eye, Duke Martin. Inside it he discovers the secret formula that the agents are searching for and tracks down her sister Paula. As Johnny grows frantic for the safe return of his girlfriend, Duke Martin plays a deadly game of double bluff with the enemy agents.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
72 min
Release Date
1956-07-16
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
5.2
Tom Conway
Tom Martin
Michael Balfour
Barney
Honor Blackman
Paula Grant / Paula Jackson
Brian Worth
Johnny Matlock
Bruce Seton
Webb
Freddie Mills
Pat
Alexander Gauge
MacAllister
John Horsley
Michael Matlock
Paddy Webster
Diane Grant
John Colicos
First Kidnapper
Larry Taylor
Second Kidnapper
Arthur Lowe
Mitchell
Frederick Schrecker
Professor Dohlmann
Marianne Walla
Miss Freda Dohlmann
Russell Westwood
Berlin Man
7.6
The Big Sleep
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
1946-08-23 | en
6.4
Varg Veum - Fallen Angels
Jakob Aasen has hired his old friend, private investigator Varg Veum, to spy on his wife Rebecca, whom he suspects of infidelity. Against his better judgement Varg accepts the job, and in an ironic twist he and Rebecca rekindle their former love. Meanwhile a serial killer is targeting members of Jacob's band and their families...
2008-04-04 | no
1.9
Secret Pleasures
An attractive woman detective, expert in cases of conjugal infidelity is hired by a mysterious millionaire, unaware that she will get involved in a feverish love triangle to gather all the evidence she needs to finish the case.
2002-10-15 | en
7.1
Thegidi
Vettri joins a detective agency and is assigned a series of subjects to observe. He falls in love with Madhusree, one of his targets, and just when everything seems to be going fine, Vettri's subjects start dying mysteriously. Can he save Madhu before it is too late?
2014-02-28 | ta
0.0
Honey Don't!
Honey O’Donahue, a small-town private investigator, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
2025-08-21 | en
6.5
8MM
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
1999-02-26 | en
6.4
Dead Again
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
1991-08-23 | en
0.0
The Finder
Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
2001-07-18 | en
4.0
Blackmail
A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
1947-07-24 | en
7.1
Soaked in Bleach
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
2015-06-09 | en
7.2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Mick Haller is a charismatic defense attorney who does business out of his Lincoln Continental sedan. Mick spends most of his time defending petty crooks and other bottom-feeders, so it comes as quite a surprise when he lands the case of a lifetime: defending a Beverly Hills playboy who is accused of attempted murder. However, what Mick initially thinks is an open-and-shut case with a big monetary reward develops into something more sinister.
2011-03-17 | en
6.2
Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery
When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany’s favorite gay detective smells a rat and decides to take matters into his own hands. With the help of his straight-laced but adoring husband Tim and his occasionally too-eager assistant Kenny, Strachey’s investigation leads him on a dark and dangerous trail into the world of "gay conversion therapy".
2006-08-04 | en
6.4
Varg Veum - The Writing on the Wall
Varg Veum is no longer working as a private investigator. He's got a permanent job as a teacher, and has calmed down his life, enjoying the domestic bliss with his new girlfriend Karin, but the idyll doesn't last long. Veum gets a brutal meeting with the past, when "The Knife" is released from prison, determined to take revenge on those who got him convicted for the murder of a teenage girl.
2010-08-27 | no
4.3
Cocaine and Blue Eyes
Michael Brennen, a San Francisco private eye gets dragged into a drug-smuggling operation while searching for the girlfriend of a deal client, leading Brennen to a politically prominent family.
1983-01-02 | en
5.8
On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery
When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly lesbian couple. Soon after, the couple's home is besieged by anti-gay vandalism, but Don suspects that the attack is motivated by big-business rather than homophobia.
2008-01-01 | en
7.1
The Nice Guys
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
2016-05-15 | en
6.6
The Dark Corner
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
1946-04-09 | en
5.8
Varg Veum - Woman in the Fridge
An international oil drilling company hires private investigator Varg Veum to find their missing systems designer, Arne Samuelsen. Varg discovers the headless body of a woman jammed into the fridge in Arne's apartment - and is promptly knocked unconscious. When he wakes up the body is gone and the Police has arrived.
2008-09-17 | no
6.2
Varg Veum - Yours Until Death
Private eye Varg Veum is on a routine mission searching for his client Jonas Andresen's stolen car. The car is found having been used in a brutal robbery and not long after that the client himself turns up dead.
2008-03-12 | no
5.8
Varg Veum - Black Sheep
Varg Veum promises his girlfriend that he will find her sister who has vanished.
2011-01-21 | no