Lost is a 1956

1956 in film

The year 1956 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* October 5 - The Ten Commandments opens in cinemas and becomes one of the most successful and popular movies of all time, currently ranking 5th on the list of all time moneymakers * February 5 - First showing of documentary films by...

 British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 thriller film directed by Guy Green. It is set in 1950s London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, and revolves around the apparent kidnapping of a young American couple's baby.

Plot

US embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife discover their 18-month old son Simon has been abducted. London Detective Inspector Craig pledges to find the child.

Cast

• David Farrar as Detective Inspector Craig
• David Knight as Lee Cochrane
• Julia Arnall
  Julia Arnall
  -Selected filmography:* I Am a Camera * Value for Money * Simon and Laura * Man of the Moment * Lost * The Man Without a Body * Mark of the Phoenix * Model for Murder...
  
   as Sue Cochrane
• Anthony Oliver
  Anthony Oliver
  -Selected filmography:* Once a Jolly Swagman * The Happy Family * To Dorothy a Son * They Can't Hang Me * Eyewitness * The Entertainer * H.M.S. Defiant * Danger by My Side...
  
   as Sergeant Lyel
• Thora Hird
  Thora Hird
  Dame Thora Hird DBE was an English actress.-Early life and career:Hird was born in the Lancashire seaside town of Morecambe. She first appeared on stage at the age of two months in a play her father was managing...
  
   as Kelly's landlady
• Eleanor Summerfield
  Eleanor Summerfield
  Eleanor Summerfield was a British actress.Summerfield was born in London in 1921. She received her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In the mid-1960s, she played P. G. Wodehouse' character Aunt Dahlia in the BBC One's World of Wooster. She was a team member on BBC Radio 4's...
  
   as Sergeant Cook
• Anne Paige as Nanny
• Marjorie Rhodes
  Marjorie Rhodes
  Marjorie Rhodes was a British actress.One of her best-known roles was as Lucy Fitton, the mother of Bill Naughton's northern comedy All in Good Time. She played the role on Broadway, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award in 1965...
  
   as Mrs. Jeffries
• Anna Turner as Mrs. Robey
• Everley Gregg
  Everley Gregg
  Everley Gregg was a British actress.She made her film debut in the 1933 film The Private Life of Henry VIII as Catherine Parr, Henry's last wife...
  
   as Viscountess
• Meredith Edwards
  Meredith Edwards (actor)
  Gwilym Meredith Edwards was a Welsh character actor and writer.He was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales, the son of a collier. He became an actor in 1938, first with the Welsh National Theatre Company, then the Liverpool Playhouse...
  
  as Sergeant Davies