Smokescreen
- IMDb link: 0058596
- IMDb rating: 6.9 (603 votes)
- Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Director: Jim O'Connolly
- Cast: Peter Vaughan, John Carson, Yvonne Romain, Gerald Flood and others
- Release year: 1964
- Runtime: 70 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom
- Keywords: personal ad, insurance policy, reference to king david, driving off a cliff, car fire, double barreled shotgun, insurance claim, investigation, expense receipt, drunken woman
Plot:
When a blazing car goes over the cliff to the east of Brighton an insurance investigator is sent to the coast to poke around. As the driver had recently taken out life insurance, suspicions mount when no body can be found. The wife who would benefit from the policy, the business partner who has financial troubles, and the guy who sold the policy and fancies the wife are all in the frame.