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Barbados Quest, released in the USA as Murder On Approval is a 1955 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Knowles. [1] Plot. An American philatelist pays UK£ 10,000 (£331,000 in 2023 [2]) for what he thinks is a rare postage stamp.
What is Barbados Quest? Barbados Quest is a 1955 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Knowles.
- Original U.S. poster
- Robert S. BakerMonty Berman
- Bernard Knowles
- Kenneth Hayles
Barbados Quest, released in the USA as Murder On Approval is a 1955 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Knowles.
How Barbados Got Its Name. In 1536, en route to Brazil, Pedro a Campos a Portugese sea captain came across the island and gave it the name ‘Os Barbados’. This was due in part to the fascination he and his Portuguese sailors had with the long hanging, aerial roots of the Bearded Fig Tree - A Shortleaf Fig (Ficus Citrifolia) which in their ...
A rich American (Launce Maraschal) buys a rare stamp, one of only five known to exist, in London for 10,000 pounds. When he discovers that other stamps are being offered for sale, he enlists the help of private investigator Tom Martin (Tom Conway) to determine if his is genuine.
- Bernard Knowles
- The Barbour Corporation Ltd.
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
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Barbados (UK: / bɑːrˈbeɪdɒs / bar-BAY-doss; US: / bɑːrˈbeɪdoʊs / bar-BAY-dohss; locally / bɑːrˈbeɪdəs / bar-BAY-dəss) is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region next to North America and north of South America, and is the most easterly of the Caribbean islands.
