The Harassed Hero (1954)
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Directors
Maurice Elvey
Cast
Guy Middleton
The story
Wealthy hypochondriac (acute apprehension complex) bachelor Murray Selwyn has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse is kidnapped by the gang.
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