Salute the Toff

Salute the Toff is a 1952 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley and Carol Marsh. The film was based on the 1941 novel of the same name by John Creasey, the sixth in the series featuring upperclass sleuth Richard Rollison, also known as The Toff. This film and another Toff adaptation, Hammer the Toff, were shot backtoback at Nettlefold Studios in the summer of 1951. They were released to cinemas in January and May 1952 respectively.

The Honourable Richard Rollison Bentley is a wellknown private detective who has friends and contacts in all echelons of society from the wealthy West End set to the lowest East End hovels. He likes to take on cases on behalf of underdogs, and is feared by the criminal underworld for his fearsome reputation of always getting his man.Pretty young secretary Fay Gretton Marsh comes to Rollison, worried that her employer has not shown up for work for several days and cannot be contacted. Rollison breaks into the mans flat and finds a body not that of Fays missing boss, but the son of a millionaire businessman. The missing man is the prime suspect, and it is up to Rollison to get to the bottom of the case, aided by his East End contacts. After a series of dramatic events, including Fay being abducted and tied up, the truth is finally revealed, the missing man is found, and Rollison proves beyond question that he is innocent of any wrongdoing. ........

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