The Hideout (1956 film)

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Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Screenplay by Kenneth Hayles
Produced by John Temple-Smith
Starring Dermot Walsh
Rona Anderson
Ronald Howard
Cinematography Brendan J. Stafford
Edited byRichard Sidwell
Music byRay Terry
Production
company
Major Productions
Release date
  • 24 December 1956 (1956-12-24)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Hideout (also known as The Hide-Out) is a 1956 British crime film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Dermot Walsh, Rona Anderson and Ronald Howard. It was produced as a second feature ('B' film) [1] by John Temple-Smith. [2] [3] [4] [5] The screenplay was by Kenneth Hayles.

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Plot

Insurance investigator Steve Curry accidentally picks up a case of bank notes. He discovers that the case belongs to Helen Grant, who runs a fur business with her brother Robert. The money is for payment to an escaped convict who has smuggled a consignment of Persian lamb skins from a crook named Zacki. It transpires that the furs are disease-ridden. Pursuing Zacki to his hide-out, Robert is murdered and the money stolen by Steve's friend Tim Bowers.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Shepperton Studios. Scott says it was made for £12,000 and sold to Rank for £15,000. [6]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Furs with anthrax lesions provide a slight variation on a familiar theme; otherwise, this British thriller follows a predictable course, playing and direction being unexceptional." [7]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture, wholesome blood-and-thunder, quickly slips into top gear and, although it frequently covers bumpy ground, maintains its brisk initial pace until the end. Dermot Walsh makes an eager and forthright Steve, Rona Anderson is an attractive Helen and Ronald Howard looks shamefaced (and not without reason) as Robert. The supporting types, foo, register. Its love interest develops logically and the camera is used to advantage." [8]

The German website Der.Film.Noir.de wrote: "The Hide-Out was clearly made in the film noir tradition from the USA. It's a mediocre B-film at best, which you can safely skip as a cineaste, but which a connoisseur of British classic films won't be particularly annoyed about." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 139. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "The Hideout". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; Murphy, Robert (2005-07-27). British Crime Cinema. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-134-70269-5.
  4. ↑ Henkel, Dennis; Wulff, Hans Jürgen (2022). Seuchen, Epidemien und Pandemien im Film: Ein kaleidoskopisches Panorama zur Geschichte des Infektionsfilms (in German). Waxmann Verlag. ISBN   978-3-8309-9485-5.
  5. ↑ Clinton, Franz Antony (2020-10-26). British Thrillers, 1950-1979: 845 Films of Suspense, Mystery, Murder and Espionage. McFarland. ISBN   978-1-4766-4067-9.
  6. ↑ MacFarlane, Brian (1997). An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it. p. 521.
  7. ↑ "The Hideout". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 24 (276): 7. 1 January 1957. ProQuest   1305820461 – via ProQuest.
  8. ↑ "The Hideout". Kine Weekly . 476 (2573): 22. 6 December 1956. ProQuest   2826278517 – via ProQuest.
  9. ↑ "Hide-Out, The | der Film Noir". www.der-film-noir.de. Retrieved 2024-04-25.
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