Vengeance Is Mine (1949 film)

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Vengeance Is Mine
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Directed byAlan Cullimore
Written byAlan Cullimore
Produced byBen Arbeid
Starring Valentine Dyall
Anne Firth
Richard Goolden
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited byGerald Landau
Music by Ken Thorne
Production
company
Cullimore-Arbeid Productions
Distributed by Eros Films
Release date
  • July 1949 (1949-07)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Vengeance Is Mine is a 1949 British second feature [1] crime drama film directed by Alan Cullimore and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth and Richard Goolden. [2]

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Plot

Charles Heywood is a wrongly imprisoned businessman who is told by his doctors that he is dying. He constructs an elaborate plan to hire a hitman to kill him and then frame his former partner, who put him behind bars.

Cast

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "This absurd story is not helped by the lugubrious playing of Valentine Dyall as Charles; overstressing of the comic relief and third-rate acting destroy any remaining likelihood of reality." [3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Absurd thriller: even the cast don't seem enthusiastic." [4]

References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 37. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Vengeance Is Mine". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Vengeance Is Mine". Monthly Film Bulletin . 16 (181): 137. 1949 – via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 257. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
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