23 Paces To Baker Street

Starring: Johnson, Van and Miles, Vera

Product Description

When a blind man overhears a kidnapping plot, the only thing more difficult than foiling it is getting someone to believe him. Without the help of friends or the authorities, the man, along with his fiance, pieces together the clues of the mystery, all of which are sound.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 024543873822
• Release Date: March 2013
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Hathaway, Henry
• Starring: Johnson, Van, Miles, Vera
• Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Warrant for X

The movie is based on the book “Warrant for X” by Philip MacDonald. So, it has a lot of the same characters as in the movie “The List of Adrian Messenger” (1963). The story has changed a tad from the book. Van Johnson plays a blind playwright (they never say how he got blinded). At first, being blind seems like a gimmick, but you soon get swept up in the film and the great acting by Van Johnson, and it seems perfectly normal. Phillip Hannon (Van Johnson) overhears two people plotting something sinister, but being blind, he does not know what they look like. He tells the authorities, but they fluff him off. So, with the help of his man Bob Matthews (Cecil Parker) and his ex-betrothed Jean Lennox (Vera Miles), they track down their only lead, Miss Alice MacDonald (Patricia Laffan, who played Devil Girl from Mars”). We watch as Phil has to use his skills to find the plotters before it is too late. I watch this movie about once a month like clockwork. I know most of the dialogue by heart. At one point Phil tells Bob to call Miss Lennox “a taxi”; I cannot help myself and say “you are a Taxi”. I also find myself saying “Come in, Mr. Evens”. All kidding aside, you will also find yourself watching it again and again for the nuances and some things that seem missing, as if they cut something out here and there.