The Long Shadow (1961 film)

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The Long Shadow
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Directed by Peter Maxwell
Written by Manning O'Brine
Produced byJohn Pellatt
Starring John Crawford
Susan Hampshire
Cinematography Norman Warwick
Edited byAllan Morrison
Music by Bill McGuffie
Production
company
Argo Film Productions
Distributed by J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Release date
  • 31 July 1961 (1961-07-31)(UK)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Long Shadow is a 1961 British second feature ('B') [1] drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring John Crawford, Susan Hampshire and Willoughby Goddard. [2] It was written by Manning O'Brine and filmed at Pinewood Studios. [3]

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Plot summary

In Vienna during the Cold War, the Russians and Americans try to gain control of a boy who can be manipulated for political purposes. An American newspaper journalist attempts to save the Hungarian child and a Swedish nurse from certain death.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Yet another adventure of that meddlesome, gallant, punch-drunk type, the American foreign correspondent, this time engaged in spy-bashing and the foiling of kidnappers in a remarkably unconcerned Austria. As usual the mackintosh-clad East Europeans talk sinister but fight fair and are deservedly thwarted with heavy casualties. Perhaps what this worn-out fantasy genre needs to refurbish it is a drama about a sub-editor, kept late at the office impatiently revising the undoubtedly ill-phrased, garbled copy of these screen journalists-of-fortune who show talent for almost every activity but writing." [4]

References

  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 294. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "The Long Shadow (1961)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  3. "The Long Shadow - Pinewood filming location". pinewoodgroup.com. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  4. "The Long Shadow" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . Vol. 28, no. 324. 1 January 1961. p. 129. ProQuest   1305820663.