Some May Live | |
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Directed by | Vernon Sewell |
Screenplay by | David T. Chantler |
Produced by | Clive Sharp Peter Snell |
Starring | Joseph Cotten Martha Hyer Peter Cushing |
Cinematography | Ray Parslow Ray Sturgess |
Edited by | Gordon Pilkington |
Music by | Cyril Ornadel |
Production companies | Foundation Pictures Krasne Entertainments |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Some May Live ( also known as In Saigon Some May Live) is a 1967 British war film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Joseph Cotten and Martha Hyer. [1] It was shot at Twickenham Studios.
During the Vietnam War, a security leak in Saigon has to be plugged, when American decoder Kate Meredith is faced with the dilemma of her husband pressuring her to give him information.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A contrived melodrama made all the more unconvincing by mediocre performances. Martha Hyer in particular is unequal to the demands of her part. Vernon Sewell's direction is quite without style." [2]
Leonard Maltin gave the film two stars, calling it an "Unexciting suspenser." [3]
Frankenstein Created Woman is a 1967 British Hammer horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Susan Denberg. The screenplay was written by Anthony Hinds. It is the fourth film in Hammer's Frankenstein series.
Island of Terror is a 1966 British horror film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Peter Cushing and Edward Judd. The screenplay was by Edward Mann and Al Ramsen. It was produced by Planet Film Productions. The film was released in the United States by Universal Studios on a double bill with The Projected Man (1966).
The Blood Beast Terror is a 1968 British horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Cushing, Robert Flemyng and Wanda Ventham. It was written by Peter Bryan. It was released in the UK by Tigon in February 1968, and in the United States by Pacemaker Pictures on a double-bill with Slaughter of the Vampires (1962).
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Hands of the Ripper is a 1971 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Eric Porter, Angharad Rees and Jane Merrow. It was produced by Aida Young for Hammer Film Productions, and written by L. W. Davidson from a story by Edward Spencer Shew. The film was released in the U.S. as a double feature with Twins of Evil (1971).
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Straight On till Morning is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Peter Collinson and starring Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant, James Bolam, Katya Wyeth and John Clive. It was made by Hammer Film Productions. The screenplay concerns a reserved young woman who finds herself attracted to a handsome stranger, unaware of his psychotic tendencies.
Suspect is a 1960 British 'B' thriller film produced and directed by Roy and John Boulting and starring Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen and Donald Pleasence. It was based on the 1949 novel A Sort of Traitors by Nigel Balchin.
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Where There's a Will is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Kathleen Harrison, George Cole and Leslie Dwyer. The screenplay was by R. F. Delderfield who adapted one of his own plays.
The House of 1,000 Dolls is a 1967 Harry Alan Towers German-Spanish international co-production white slavery thriller directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Vincent Price. It has been described as "quite possibly the sleaziest movie AIP ever made". The film is set in Tangier. Released initially in Spain, it was not released in the United States until November 1967.
Devils of Darkness is a 1965 British horror film directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Sylvester, Hubert Noël and Carole Gray. It was written by Lyn Fairhurst. It was the last feature film directed by Comfort.
Soho Incident, released in the United States as Spin a Dark Web, is a 1956 British film noir directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Faith Domergue and Lee Patterson. The screenplay by Ian Stuart Black is based on the 1937 novel Wide Boys Never Work by Robert Westerby.
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Incident at Midnight is a 1963 British crime film directed by Norman Harrison and starring Anton Diffring, William Sylvester and Justine Lord. It was written by Arthur La Bern, adapted from an Edgar Wallace short story, and was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries.
The Dark Light is a 1951 British second feature thriller film directed and written by Vernon Sewell and starring Albert Lieven, David Greene and Norman Macowan.
Dangerous Voyage is a 1954 British crime thriller B film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring William Lundigan, Naomi Chance and Vincent Ball. It was written by Sewell and Julian Ward and was distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated in the UK, and in the United States by Lippert Pictures.
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