Death Is a Number is a 1951 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Robert Henryson and starring Terence Alexander, Lesley Osmond and Peter Gawthorne. It was written by Charles K. Shaw.
Plot A racing driver is persecuted by the number 9.
Cast Terence Alexander as Alan Robert Lesley Osmond as Joan Robert Peter Gawthorne as James Gregson Denis Webb as John Bridgnorth Isabel George as nurse Ingeborg von Kusserow as gipsy
Critical reception Kine Weekly wrote: "Unusual British featurette, dealing with that far-from-exact, but nevertheless fascinating science, numerology. ... Conclusions are for from clear, but the matter, founded mainly on superstition, intrigues and should appeal to women. Reliable full-length novelty quota."
Picturegoer called the film a "modest British novelty featurette."
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Silly 'B' feature."
TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, noting an "Okay, if forgotten, melodrama."
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