The Long Knife

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The Long Knife
The Long Knife film Theatrical release poster (1958).png
Australian daybill poster
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Written by Ian Stuart Black
Based onLeslie Seldon Truss
(as Leslie Truss
Produced byJack Greenwood
Starring Joan Rice
Sheldon Lawrence
Edited by Geoffrey Muller
Color process Black and white
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • August 1958 (1958-08)(UK)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Long Knife is a 1958 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence and Victor Brooks. [2] [3] It was written by Ian Stuart Black.

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A young nurse becomes drawn into criminal activities.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Well turned-out crime thriller which suffers from an unlikely nurse as a heroine and a denouement which connoisseurs of the detective story might well consider obsolete." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "The Long Knife". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  3. ↑ BFI.org
  4. ↑ "The Long Knife". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 25 (288): 129. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.


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