Cloudburst (1951 film)

Cloudburst
Cloudburst
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Francis Searle
Written by	Leo Marks (play); Francis Searle
Produced by	Anthony Hinds; Alexander Paal
Starring	Robert Preston
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	John Ferris
Music by	Frank Spencer
Production; company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Exclusive Films (UK) ; United Artists (USA)
Release date	July 1951;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cloudburst is a 1951 British crime drama film produced by Hammer Films, 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).

Plot

A World War II veteran, a former operative for the SOE, seeks revenge on the driver and passenger of a hit-and-run automobile that struck and killed his wife.^[2]

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 978-1844575749.
^ 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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[1] Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (7 October 2017). The British 'B' Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1844575749.

[2] 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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