The Pursuers

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The Pursuers
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British quad poster
Directed by Godfrey Grayson [1]
Written by
Produced by
  • Philip Elton
  • Ralph Goddard
Starring
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey)
Edited byJohn Dunsford
Music by Bill Le Sage
Production
company
Danziger Productions (uncredited)
Distributed by
Release date
  • December 1961 (1961-12)(UK)
Running time
63 minutes [3]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Pursuers is a 1961 British second feature thriller film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Cyril Shaps, Francis Matthew and Susan Denny. [4] [5] [6] The film was inspired by the capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann the previous year. [7] [8]

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Plot

Concentration camp survivor David (Francis Matthews) pursues Nazi war criminal Luther (Cyril Shaps), currently hiding out in post war London. With the realisation he has been tracked down, the desperate former Auschwitz commandant flees to a sleazy nightclub where he is helped by Jewish chanteuse Jenny (Susan Denny), a holocaust survivor unaware of Luther's true identity.

Cast

Critical reception

The Radio Times wrote "The arrest and trial of Adolf Eichmann made the pursuit of Nazi war criminals a fitting topic for thrillers such as this ...Never more than a B-movie, it's worth seeing for its treatment of its subject and for the performance of Cyril Shaps, a B-movie regular who specialised in playing foreigners." [7] The Leonard Martin's Movie Guide also reviewed the film, and awarded it two stars. [5]

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