Man from Tangier

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Man from Tangier
"Man from Tangier" (1957).jpg
U.S. 1-sheet poster
Directed by Lance Comfort
Written by Paddy Manning O'Brine
Produced byW.G. Chalmers
Starring Robert Hutton
Lisa Gastoni
Martin Benson
Derek Sydney
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by Peter Mayhew
Music by Wilfred Burns
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service (UK)
Republic Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 27 June 1957 (1957-06-27)(UK [1] )
Running time
67 mins [2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Man from Tangier (U.S. title: Thunder over Tangier) is a 1957 British second feature [3] crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni and Martin Benson. [4] It was written by Paddy Manning O'Brine.

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Plot

A criminal flees from Tangier to London with forged money plates, leading to the gang he works for sending a dangerous woman to pursue him.

Main cast

Releases

Man in Tangier was cut by the British Board of Film Classification to 67 minutes running time, in order to achieve a "U" classification. [2] The film premiered at Odeon Marble Arch in London on 27 January 1957, where it ran as a double bill together with Monkey on My Back (1957). [1]

In April 2011 the film was released on DVD as a double bill together with director Lance Comfort's 1961 film The Breaking Point . [5]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fairly competent thriller, in which the upholders of the law are considerably more convincing than the crooks, with their alternating foreign and public-school accents. The story is very vaguely constructed; initially there seems very little reason for introducing Tangier; towards the end the action is almost incoherent." [6]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Lots of huff and puff bursts paper-thin plot." [7]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "This barely acceptable B-thriller was made at a time when British cinemas habitually ran supporting features to give you time to buy your soft drinks and popcorn." [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 The Times, Thursday 27 January 1957, page 2: First ever appearance of Man from Tangier in the classified ads for "picture theatres", showing at Odeon Marble Arch together with Monkey on My Back - Found in The Times Digital Archive 2014-04-30
  2. 1 2 BBFC: Man from Tangier (1957) Linked 2014-04-30
  3. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 106. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  4. ↑ "Man from Tangier". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Amazon UK: Breaking Point/Man from Tangier Linked 2014-04-30
  6. ↑ "Man from Tangier". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 24 (276): 103. 1 January 1957 – via ProQuest.
  7. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 343. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
  8. ↑ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 583. ISBN   9780992936440.


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