Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Robert Ayres
as Ned Ellison
June Thorburn
as Anne Curlew
Alan Wheatley
as Mark Cruden
Bruce Seton
as Sellars
Michael Balfour
as Honey
Ballard Berkeley
as Insp. Crane
Michael Kelly
as Lobb
John Horsley
as Worsley
Olive Kirby
as Angela Bentley
Ian Fleming
as Dr. Jepson
Myrtle Reed
as Jackie
Dennis Chinnery
as Bank cashier
