Shoot to Kill (1960 film)

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Shoot to Kill
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Directed by Michael Winner
Written byMichael Winner
Produced by Olive Negus-Fancey
Starring
Cinematography Adolph Burger
Edited by Monica Kimick
Music by Cy Payne
Production
company
E.J. Fancey Productions
Distributed byNew Realm Pictures
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Shoot to Kill is a 1960 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed and written by Michael Winner and starring Dermot Walsh, Joy Webster and John M. East. [2] [3] It was Winner's first film as a director [4] , and Lynn Redgrave's first film role. [5]

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Plot

Showbiz reporter Mike Roberts and diplomatic correspondent Lee Fisher tackle Communist agent Boris Altovitch and his mob, who have kidnapped the daughter of a nuclear scientist, to force him to reveal information. The pair triumph, and fall in love.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: A cramped and clumsy spy thriller, set in Geneva, and trite in every respect." [6]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The script puts punch before plausibility, its acting, too, is more muscular than polished, and many of the verbal exchanges are trite, but exuberant rough and tumbles, shrewdly spaced and presented against an authentic backdrop, just keep its modest end up. ... The picture crowds plenty into its convenient running time, but, humour, romance and villainy are clumsily mixed. Dermot Walsh makes the best of a tough assignment as Mike, and Frank Hawkins registers as Neale, but Jay Webster is no glamour girl or Sarah Bernhardt as Lee, and the less said about the rest the better. Its Geneva backgrounds are, however, the real thing and lend a touch of validity to the extravagant hanky-panky. As a thriller, it's a passable travelogue." [7]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 121. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Shoot to Kill". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  3. ↑ Shail, Robert (2007). British Film Directors: A Critical Guide. Edinburgh University Press. p. 214. ISBN   9780748622313.
  4. ↑ "Michael Winner dies aged 77". Screen International . 21 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Vallance, Tom (5 May 2010). "Lynn Redgrave: Much-loved member of acting dynasty who was celebrated for her comic flair". The Independent .
  6. ↑ "Shoot to Kill". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 28 (324): 12. 1 January 1961. ProQuest   1305829242.
  7. ↑ "Shoot to Kill". Kine Weekly . 523 (2775): 29. 8 December 1960. ProQuest   3127059691.
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