Man of Violence
Man of Violence is a 1969 British crime film directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, "Hammer glamour" actresses Virginia Wetherell and Luan Peters, and Derek Aylward.[1] It is also known as Moon. In the film, a young man is forced to work for a major criminal in his effort to find a hidden stash of stolen gold.
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| Directed by | Pete Walker |
| Produced by | Pete Walker |
| Written by | Brian Comport Pete Walker |
| Starring | Michael Latimer Luan Peters Derek Aylward |
| Music by | Cyril Ornadel |
| Cinematography | Norman G. Langley |
| Edited by | Peter Austen-Hunt |
| Distributed by | Miracle Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
"Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by but also some twists on generic convention."[2] The music was composed and conducted by Cyril Ornadel.
Cast
- Michael Latimer – Moon
- Luan Peters – Angel
- Derek Aylward – Nixon
- Maurice Kaufmann – Charles Grayson
- Derek Francis – Sam Bryant
- Kenneth Hendel – Hunt
- George Belbin – Burgess
- Sydney Conabere – Alex Powell
- Erika Raffael – Goose
- Virginia Wetherell – Gale
- Steve Emerson – Steve
- Peter Thornton – Mike
- Michael Balfour – Cafe owner
- John Keston – Girling
- Jessica Spencer – Joyce
- Mark Allington
- Sheila Babbage
- Patrick Jordan
- Andreas Malandrinos
- John Lawrence
- Stephen Zamit
- and The Wishful Thinking
DVD and Blu-ray release
The BFI have released Man of Violence on DVD and Blu-ray through its Flipside strand, together with the film The Big Switch.[3]
References
- "Man of Violence". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009.
- Sleeve notes for BFI DVD BFIVD846
- "Cinedelica: DVD Review: Man of Violence (aka Moon) 1970".