Death Is a Number

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Death is a Number
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Directed byRobert Henryson
Written byoriginal story & scenario by Charles K. Shaw
Produced byRobert Henryson
Starring
Cinematography Phil Grindrod
Harry Long
Music byEscaro Pastore
Production
company
Delman Pictures
Distributed by Adelphi Films (UK) (uncredited)
Release date
  • November 1951 (1951-11)(UK)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Death Is a Number is a 1951 British second feature ('B') [1] horror film directed by Robert Henryson and starring Terence Alexander, Lesley Osmond and Peter Gawthorne. [2] [3] It was written by Charles K. Shaw.

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Plot

A racing driver is persecuted by the number 9.

Cast

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." [4]

Picturegoer called the film a "modest British novelty featurette." [5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Silly 'B' feature." [6]

TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, noting an "Okay, if forgotten, melodrama." [7]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 103. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Death Is a Number (1951)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  3. ↑ "Death Is a Number (1951) – Robert Henryson – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
  4. ↑ "Death Is a Number" . Kine Weekly . 416 (2316): 7. 15 November 1951. ProQuest   2859058997.
  5. ↑ "Death Is a Number" . Picturegoer . 23: 17. 8 May 1952. ProQuest   1705152074.
  6. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 299. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
  7. ↑ "Death Is A Number". TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018.
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