Cloudburst (1951 film)
Cloudburst is a 1951 British crime drama film, directed by Francis Searle, starring Robert Preston and featuring Elizabeth Sellars, Harold Lang, Colin Tapley and Sheila Burrell. The script is based on a play written by Leo Marks,[1] a wartime cryptographer for the Special Operations Executive, and later the author of a memoir about his wartime work, Between Silk and Cyanide (1998). The film is about a World War II veteran, a former operative for the SOE, who seeks revenge on the driver and passenger of a hit-and-run automobile that struck and killed his wife.[2]
| Cloudburst | |
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| Directed by | Francis Searle |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds Alexander Paal |
| Written by | Leo Marks (play) Francis Searle |
| Starring | Robert Preston |
| Music by | Frank Spencer |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | John Ferris |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Exclusive Films (UK) United Artists (USA) |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Robert Preston as John Graham
- Elizabeth Sellars as Carol Graham
- Colin Tapley as Inspector Davis
- Sheila Burrell as Lorna Dawson
- Harold Lang as Mickie Fraser / Kid Python
- Mary Germaine as Peggy Reece
- George Woodbridge as Sergeant Ritchie
- Lyn Evans as Chuck Peters
- Thomas Heathcote as Jackie
- Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Reece
- Daphne Anderson as Kate
- Edward Lexy as Cardew
- James Mills as Thompson
- Noel Howlett as Johnson
- Martin Boddey as Desk Sergeant
References
- Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (7 October 2017). The British 'B' Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 1844575748.
- Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. p. 141. ISBN 019815934X.
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