The Gentle Terror | |
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Directed by | Frank Marshall |
Written by | Mark Grantham |
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Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
Edited by | John Dunsford |
Music by | Bill LeSage |
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Running time | 67 min. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Gentle Terror is a 1961 British second feature ('B') [1] thriller film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Terence Alexander and Angela Douglas. [2] [3] [4] It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers.
A mild mannered bookkeeping clerk is accused of embezzlement. To clear his name he must catch the true culprit.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story contains the bare bones of a promising farce, but feeble treatment, naive dialogue and weak acting result in a laboured and ineffective comedy, well below par by any standards." [5]
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called it a "feeble comedy-mystery." [1]
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