TIMESLIP

An injured man is pulled from the Thames. He has been shot in the back and is barely alive. The science correspondent of an illustrated magazine recognises him as a nuclear physicist. But the physicist is found alive and well and working at his laboratory. When the injured man is photographed, his pictures show a strange glow surrounding him, and when he recovers enough to be questioned, his answers make no sense. It transpires that his perception of time is 7.5 seconds ahead of that of his interrogator, to the extent that he answers questions just before they are asked.

The correspondent and his photographer girlfriend try to solve the puzzle, and in doing so uncover international industrial espionage and a terrible threat to the atomic research institute.

The team uncovers and thwarts a plot threatening the atomic research institute, with Rayner and a reporter stopping his double from sabotaging critical experiments.

By resolving the mystery behind Rayner's time displacement and confronting the impostor, the film reasserts order over the chaos of atomic age paranoia. It lands as a cautionary tale on tampering with forces beyond comprehension while using sci-fi conceits to reflect contemporary fears of espionage and scientific overreach.