Suspect

About Suspect

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

Suspect is a 1960 thriller film directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting. Tony Britton appears as Dr. Robert Marriott, Virginia Maskell as Dr. Lucy Byrne, Ian Bannen as Alan Andrews, and Kenneth Griffith as Dr Shole.

It runs 81 minutes and was released in November 1960. Written by Nigel Balchin and Roy Boulting. It is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under scientist, traitor, plague, and black and white.

Sahara, The Saint, and The Invisible Man make useful companions to Suspect, all filed under spy.