From 1948, A Small Voice or Hideout is a 1948 British film, directed by Fergus McDonell.
A playwright, Murray Byrne (James Donald) and wife Eleanor (Valerie Hobson) stop en route home to help two men (Howard Keel billed as Harold and David Greene) who had been in a car accident.
It turns out that they have escaped from prison. Once at the couple's home, they hold them hostage. One returns to the accident and brings back a third man and two children who were in the other car with a dead chauffeur.
The little boy develops meningitis. Desperate to get a doctor for him, Eleanor tries sneaking out of the house to get to a phone box, since the crooks have disconnected the phone, but Boke (Keel) catches her.
Somewhat suspenseful, with Keel and Hobson having the best roles. The housekeeper (Joan Young) is a scream - at one point trying to distract Boke while Eleanor attempts to leave, she proclaims Bible passages. He shoves her into a room and closes the door, but she opens it and continues proclaiming.
Hobson was a huge star in England, married to John Profumo of the Profumo-Christine Keeler scandal that rocked Britain. The American Keel enjoyed a career on Broadway in musicals as well as films and TV, notably as a regular on Dallas.
Predictable.
