Danger by My Side

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Danger by My Side
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Titles from the film
Directed by Charles Saunders
Written byRonald Liles
Aubrey Cash
Produced byJohn I. Phillips
Starring Anthony Oliver
Maureen Connell
Alan Tilvern
Cinematography Walter J. Harvey
Edited by Jim Connock
Music by Martin Slavin
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
63 mins
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Danger by My Side (also known as Danger on My Side) is a 1963 black and white British second feature [1] crime thriller directed by Charles Saunders and starring Anthony Oliver, Maureen Connell and Alan Tilvern. [2] It was written by Ronald Liles and Aubrey Cash.

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Plot

Bernie Hewson is a member of a gang which ambushes a security van. He gets stranded when the gang makes their getaway with the money, and carries the can for the job. On his release from prison he visits the gang's leader, Nicky Venning, asking for a cut of the money. Venning refuses but gets Hewson a job at his warehouse. As soon as Hewson arrives he recognises one of the employees, Terry, as an undercover police officer.

Not long afterwards, Terry's sister Lynne Marsden witnesses Terry deliberately run down by a car. Before he dies in hospital, Terry repeately mentions "Nicky's Club", Venning's Soho nightclub. Lynn visits the club and, calling herself Lynne Austin, is offered a job there. The next night she overhears a robbery being planned and manages to see the plans, taking the details to the police. Meanwhile she sets about investigating Venning and his gang herself, but is soon in danger when they discover her true identity.

Cast

Production

The film was made at Shepperton Studios, England, and on location.[ citation needed ]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A distinctly tame and routine crime thriller, spiced with a touch of almost ludicrous striptease. Largely static, the story unwinds with little tension, and even the final moments are unexciting, despite smooth enough treatment and an adequate cast." [3]

The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "The road to justice leads to a Soho nightclub in this tawdry British B-movie. The hit-and-run murder, the sleazy club scenes, the heist and the motor-launch finale are all executed with the minimum of imagination as Maureen Connell puts her personal safety on the line while helping the police catch her detective-brother's killers. Charles Saunders's poor pacing leaves the cast high and dry." [4]

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote the film contained: "embarrassing cliched dialogue and unconvincing characterisations." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 68. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Danger by My Side". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Danger by My Side". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 7. 1 January 1963 – via ProQuest.
  4. ↑ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 221. ISBN   9780992936440.


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