Breakaway (1955 film)

Breakaway is a 1955 British thriller film directed by Henry Cass from a script by Norman Hudis. It stars Tom Conway, Michael Balfour and Honor Blackman. A private eye is hot on the tail of a stolen secret formula and a kidnapped young woman. It is a sequel to Barbados Quest.

Cast

 * Tom Conway as Tom 'Duke' Martin
 * Michael Balfour as Barney
 * Honor Blackman as Paula Grant / Paula Jackson
 * Brian Worth as Johnny Matlock
 * Bruce Seton as Webb
 * Freddie Mills as Pat
 * Alexander Gauge as MacAllister
 * John Horsley as Michael Matlock
 * Paddy Webster as Diane Grant
 * John Colicos as First Kidnapper
 * Larry Taylor as Second Kidnapper
 * Arthur Lowe as Mitchell
 * Frederick Schrecker as Professor Dohlmann

Critical reception
In a contemporary review, Today's Cinema called the film "slickly manufactured crime entertainment"; while more recently, TV Guide called it an "absurd whodunit".