Starring John Slater, Cecile Chevreau, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Hugh
Morton, Jack May
Directed by Ronald Haines

Print: black/white
Runtime: 59 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Released in Britain in 1943, Deadlock made the American rounds in the
years following the war. John Slater plays twin brothers, one of whom is
serving a life sentence in prison. The two brothers contrive to switch
places, with the bad twin roaming free while the good twin wastes away in
jail. This reversal of affairs naturally has a profound effect on the women
in both twin's lives. Vestiges of the plot line of Deadlock can be found in
the 1957 Jack Palance vehicle House of Numbers.