Feet of Clay (1960 film)

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Feet of Clay
Directed byFrank Marshall
Written byMark Grantham
Produced by Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
Starring Vincent Ball
Wendy Williams
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited by Desmond Saunders
Music by Bill Le Sage
Release date
1960
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Feet of Clay is a 1960 British crime film directed by Frank Marshall, written by Mark Grantham, and starring Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams and Hilda Fenemore. [1]

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Plot

A newly barred lawyer represents a confessed murderer of a beloved probation officer, but all is not as it seems.

Cast

Critical reception

The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe Feet of Clay as "oddly compelling", "set in a world of prison, drab night streets and stuffy private hotels". At the ending, "once the final flurry of fisticuffs is over, the young lovers embrace, but the acrid atmosphere of the film still hovers over their union". [2]

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References

  1. BFI.org
  2. Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 95.