Man of Violence

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Man of Violence
"Man of Violence" poster.jpg
BFI DVD cover
Directed by Pete Walker
Written by Brian Comport
Pete Walker
Produced byPete Walker
Starring Michael Latimer
Luan Peters
Derek Aylward
CinematographyNorman G. Langley
Edited by Peter Austen-Hunt
Music by Cyril Ornadel
Distributed by Miracle Films
Release date
  • June 1970 (1970-06)(UK)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Man of Violence, also known as Moon and The Sex Racketeers, is a 1970 British crime film co-written, produced and directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, Virginia Wetherell and Luan Peters, and Derek Aylward. [1]

Contents

Plot

Unprinciped loan shark Moon is hired for industrial espionage by tycoon Sam Bryant, who also pays him to investigate protection racketeer Charles Grayson. At the same time he is hired by Grayson to investigate Bryant's business dealings. Moon gets caught up in a stolen gold operation also involving Bryant and Grayson.

Cast

Production

The film was shot on location in England and Tunisia.[ citation needed ]

Release

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Abysmal espionage melodrama, spiced with sex episodes and outbursts of violence, with an overly intricate plot which is, perhaps fortunately, impossible to follow. The general level of the acting matches the inanity of the script." [2]

Home media

The BFI have released Man of Violence on DVD and Blu-ray through its Flipside strand, together with the film The Big Switch. [3] The sleve notes state: "Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by but also some twists on generic convention." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Man of Violence". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Man of Violence". Monthly Film Bulletin . 37 (432): 148. 1970 – via ProQuest.
  3. ↑ "Cinedelica: DVD Review: Man of Violence (aka Moon) 1970".
  4. ↑ Sleeve notes for BFI DVD BFIVD846


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