Penniless
dancer
Jennie
Carr gets
a
helping
hand
from
a
New
York
lawyer,
but
he
is
murdered
by
gangsters.
She
is
the
only
one
who
can
identify
the
killers,
but
she
knows
nothing
about
it.
On
the
boat
home
she
is
framed
for
theft
and
it's
only
when
she
gets
out
of
jail
that
she
realises
what
has
happened,
and
that
an
innocent
man
is
due
to
be
executed
for
the
murder.
Will
anyone
believe
her
story,
and
can
she
get
to
New
York
before
the
death
sentence
is
carried
out?
Anna
Lee,
as
Jennie,
makes
an
agreeably
sparky
heroine.
Some
of
the
scenes
show
up
the
limitations
of
her
acting,
but
she
looks
so
fabulous
and
has
so
much
energy
that
it
really
doesn't
matter.
John
Loder,
as
Scotland
Yard
Man
and
Handsome
Hero
does
remarkably
well.
He's
a
great
lump
of
granite
in
most
of
his
films,
but
here
shows
glimmers
of
the
sense
of
humour
that
made
him
so
popular
with
his
fellow
actors.
The
first
half
of
the
film
is
rather
plot-bound.
But
once
Jennie
is
on
her
way
to
New
York
the
script
takes
off.
She
sneaks
aboard
a
transatlantic
flight
and
her
fellow
passengers
bicker
and
banter
wonderfully
until
the
inevitable
catastrophe.
Technically
speaking,
Non-Stop
New
York
is
Science
Fiction.
It's
set
in
the
near
future
(New
Year's
Eve
1939)
though
little
has
changed
apart
from
the
possibility
of
transatlantic
flight.
The
film
imagines
life
on
board
a
plane
to
be
similar
to
the
great
transatlantic
liners
of
the
period,
and
not
at
all
like
the
cattle
trucks
of
modern
day
flight.
The
plane
is
charming
and
comes
complete
with
that
most
essential
of
aeronautical
features
-
the
outside
balcony!
It's
a
little
windy,
but
perfect
for
romantic
trysts
or
attempted
murder.
Non-Stop
New
York
is
really
a
variation
on
such
classic
train
movies
as
Rome
Express
and
as
such
works
very
well.
Script
adapt.:
Kurt
Siodmak,
Roland
Pertwee,
J.O.C.
Orton,
Derek
Twist.
(o.a.
Ken
Attiwill)
Director:
Robert
Stephenson
Players:
Francis
L.
Sullivan,
Frank
Cellier,
Desmond
Tester,
William
Dewhurst,
James
Pirrie,
Drusilla
Wills,
Jerry
Verno,
Athene
Seyler,
Ellen
Pollock,
Arthur
Goullet,
Peter
Bull,
Tony
Quinn,
Danny
Green,
Bryan
Herbert,
Tom
Scott,
Aubrey
Pollock,
Sam
Wilkinson,
Atholl
Fleming,
Alf
Goddard,
H.G.
Stoker,
Jack
Lester,
Hal
Walters,
Albert
Chevalier,
Phyllis
Morris,
Andrea
Malandrinos,
Roy
Smith,
Billy
Watts,
Frederick
Piper,
Edward
Ryan,
Percy
Parsons,
Alexander
Sarner
Length:
71
minutes
