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Directed by | David Eady |
Written by | John Tully |
Based on | novel In the Wake of a Stranger by Ian Stuart Black [1] |
Produced by | Jacques de Lane Lea Jon Penington |
Starring | Tony Wright Shirley Eaton |
Cinematography | Eric Cross |
Edited by | John Seabourne |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company | Crescent Films |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service(UK) |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
In the Wake of a Stranger is a 1959 British thriller film directed by David Eady and starring Tony Wright, Shirley Eaton and Danny Green. [2] It was written by John Tully based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Ian Stuart Black.
A group of murderers try to frame an innocent sailor for their crime.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A murky crime thriller, set in Liverpool, slack in tempo and with an over-complicated, unoriginal script. Willoughby Goddard's corpulent Shafto is the best performance of a generally dependable cast." [3]
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, writing, "The plot is confusing and often illogical, and the love story only gets in the way of the mystery." [4]
Leonard Maltin gave the film two out of four stars, calling it "just fair." [5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", calling it an "unpersuasive thriller." [6]
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