Counterblast

Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam. It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.

Plot
A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading professor and takes his place at a research laboratory, where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.

Cast

 * Robert Beatty as Doctor Paul Rankin
 * Mervyn Johns as Doctor Bruckner
 * Nova Pilbeam as Tracy Hart
 * Margaretta Scott as Sister Johnson
 * Sybille Binder as Martha Lert, Bruckner's housekeeper
 * Marie Lohr as Mrs Coles
 * Karel Stepanek as Professor Inman
 * Alan Wheatley as M.W. Kennedy
 * Gladys Henson as Mrs Plum
 * John Salew as Padre Latham
 * Anthony Eustrel as Doctor Richard Forrester
 * Carl Jaffe as Heinz
 * Ronald Adam as Colonel Ingram
 * Martin Miller as Van Hessian
 * Aubrey Mallalieu as Major Walsh
 * Olive Sloane as Ingram's Housekeeper