Man at the Carlton Tower

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Man at the Carlton Tower
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Directed by Robert Tronson
Written by Philip Mackie
Based on The Man at the Carlton
by Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Bert Mason
Edited by Bernard Gribble
Music by Ron Goodwin
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • July 1961 (1961-07)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Man at the Carlton Tower is a 1961 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring Maxine Audley, Lee Montague and Allan Cuthbertson. [2] The screenplay was by Philip Mackie, based on the 1931 Edgar Wallace novel The Man at the Carlton . [3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

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Plot

Tim Jordan is an ex-policeman helping the police look for Rhodesian criminal Lew Daney, who has murdered a policeman.

Cast

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "The latest of the Edgar Wallace mystery series, an amalgam of deductive duologues, gunplay and publicity for the new Carlton Tower Hotel, has about it the air of a television series manqué, competent enough of its undistinguished kind. Alfred Burke gives a novel style of smooth menace to his villain, but the ending where he loses both loot and life is confused and unconvincing." [4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "A competent team and resourceful director cleverly handle the skilfully carpentered plot against plush backgrounds and the upshot is taut and exciting popular crime fare. ... The picture, which not only pivots on, but is a lush brochure for, the Carlton Tower Hotel, has a stronger feminine interest than most Edgar Wallace plays. Its stressing at the distaff side does not, however, unduly cushion thrills. Maxine Audley disarms as Lydia, Lee Montague and Allan Cuthbertson convince as Tim and a 'Yard chief, and Alfred Burke and Nigel Green are well cast as crooks Stone and Daney. It has neat light relief, and the surprise denouement is expertly sprung." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Man at the Carlton Tower". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943.
  4. ↑ "Man at the Carlton Tower". Monthly Film Bulletin . 28 (324): 130. 1961. ProQuest   1305829001.
  5. ↑ "Man at the Carlton Tower". Kine Weekly . 530 (2808): 20. 27 July 1961. ProQuest   3127061732.
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