Clegg (film)

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Clegg
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U.K. theatrical release poster
Directed by Lindsay Shonteff
Written byLewis J. Hagleton
Produced by Lindsay Shonteff (credited as Lewis J. Force)
Starring Gilbert Wynne
Norman Claridge
Gilly Grant
CinematographyJohn C. Taylor
Edited by Jackson Bowdell
Music by Paul Ferris
Production
company
Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions
Distributed by Tigon Films
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Clegg (also known as The Bullet Machine, Clegg Private Eye and Harry and the Hookers) is a 1970 British crime film directed by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Gilbert Wynne, [1] in his first starring film role. It was written by Lewis J. Hagleton.

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Plot

Ex-policeman and now private detective Harry Clegg is hired by wealthy businessman Lord Cruickshank to investigate a death-threat letter he has received, which leads to a string of murders, some by Clegg himself.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in various locations around London including the Docklands and Highgate Cemetery, as well as in Paris.[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A pathetic attempt to transplant the private eye thriller to the British scene, high on violence and low on style. The hero's attempts to deliver his sub-Chandlerian wisecracks with the weary cynicism of a Philip Marlowe are merely embarrassing, while Lindsay Shonteff's idea of direction seems to be to squeeze in as many massive close-ups of guns, telephones and osculating lips as possible. 'It happens in all the Bogart movies,' says Clegg at one point: the trouble is that there it happens so much better." [2]

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References

  1. "Clegg". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. "Clegg". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 36 (420): 265. 1 January 1969 via ProQuest.