Man with a Gun (1958 film)

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Man with a Gun
"Man with a Gun" (1958).jpg
Original British quad poster
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Screenplay by Michael Winner
Produced byJack Greenwood
Starring Lee Patterson
Rona Anderson
John Le Mesurier
Glen Mason
CinematographyJohn Wiles
Edited by Geoffrey Muller
Music by Ron Goodwin
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • August 1958 (1958-08)(UK)
Running time
60 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Man with a Gun is a low-budget 1958 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Lee Patterson, Rona Anderson and John Le Mesurier. [2] [3] The screenplay was by Michael Winner. [4]

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Plot

Insurance investigator Mike Davies looks into a suspicious fire that burned down a nightclub. He initially suspects the club's manager, Harry Drayson, but after Davies meets Drayson's niece Stella, she helps him uncover a mob protection scheme responsible for the arson.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This crime melodrama is a routine British second feature competently made and efficiently acted. Although it has few distinctive features it fulfils its purpose in a workmanlike way." [5]

TV Guide called it a "so-so crime story. Despite some fast pacing in the direction, the script is too simplistic for the fare." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Man with a Gun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Man With a Gun (1958) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
  4. ↑ "Man with a Gun". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Man with a Gun". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 25 (288): 129. 1 January 1958. ProQuest   1305819167 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Man With A Gun". TVGuide.com.


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