Stormy Crossing

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Stormy Crossing
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Directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards
Screenplay by Brock Williams
Based onoriginal story Black Tide by Sid Harris & Lou Dyer
Produced by Monty Berman
Starring John Ireland
Derek Bond
Leslie Dwyer
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by Doug Myers
Music by Stanley Black
Production
company
Distributed by Eros Films (UK)
Release date
  • August 1958 (1958-08)(UK)
Running time
79 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Stormy Crossing (U.S. title: Black Tide [1] ) is a 1958 British crime, drama, thriller, mystery film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring John Ireland, Derek Bond, Leslie Dwyer, and Maureen Connell. [2] It was written by Brock Williams based on the original story ''Black Tide'' by Sid Harris & Lou Dyer.

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Plot

Two swimmers attempt to swim across the English Channel but, under cover of fog, one of them is deliberately drowned by her lover after she demands he leave his rich wife for her or she will tell his wife about their affair. Officially, her death is ruled an accident, but her fellow swimmer is convinced that it was not. His swimming coach is initially doubtful, but when he realizes he has been deliberately lied to, he investigates and brings the villain to justice.

Cast

Production

It was made at Southall Studios in West London.

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The Channel racing background, intended to give some freshness to a tired story, eventually deprives this melodrama of much of its plausibility. Seymour's motives are never made convincing, and coincidence is stretched to the limit in the clues which lead to his being unmasked. Among the actors John Ireland and Maureen Connell stand up best to the improbabilities of the story." [3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Unsubtle treatment kills thriller." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Black Tide (1956) - C.M. Pennington-Richards | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
  2. ↑ "Stormy Crossing". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Stormy Crossing". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 25 (288): 131. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 380. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.


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