Park Plaza 605 (1953): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1953, Park Plaza 605 is a drama and crime film directed by Bernard Knowles, running about 75 minutes.

What it’s about. Suave private investigator, Norman Conquest, (Tom Conway) intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady, Nadina Rodin (Eva Bartok), in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams (Sid James) following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathisers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.

Who’s in it. Park Plaza 605 stars Tom Conway as Norman Conquest, Eva Bartok as Nadina Rodin, Joy Shelton as Pixie Everard and Sid James as Supt. Williams (as Sidney James), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Park Plaza 605 has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Park Plaza 605 page.

If you liked it. Fans of Park Plaza 605 tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.