Breakout (1959 film)
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| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Written by | Peter Barnes |
| Based on | the book Breakout by Frederick Oughton[1] |
| Produced by | Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle |
| Starring | Lee Patterson Hazel Court Terence Alexander Dermot Kelly |
| Cinematography | Eric Cross |
| Edited by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 62 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Breakout is a 1959 British crime drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Lee Patterson, Hazel Court and Terence Alexander.[2] It was written by Peter Barnes bsed on the 1959 novel Breakout by Frederick Oughton.
Plot
[edit]Arkwright is a fraudster serving a seven-year prison sentence. He gets word to his contact Chandler that he wants out. Chandler and his partner Farrow contract George Munro to organise the job of springing Arkwright. Munro hatches a plan involving a rigged delivery van.
Cast
[edit]- Lee Patterson as George Munro
- Hazel Court as Rita Arkwright
- Terence Alexander as Steve Farrow
- William Lucas as Chandler
- John Paul as Arkwright
- Billie Whitelaw as Rose Munro
- Dermot Kelly as O'Quinn
- Estelle Brody as Maureen O'Quinn
- Rupert Davies as Morgan
- Lloyd Lamble as Inspector
- Neil McCarthy as getaway driver (uncredited)
- George Woodbridge as landlord (uncredited)
Production
[edit]The film was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. Location shooting took place in the West End area of Aldershot in Hampshire. The gates of the East Cavalry Barracks on Barrack Road stood in for the prison gates used in the breakout. Other scenes were filmed in Uxbridge.
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This moderately tense crime thriller distracts attention from the improbability of the escape preparations by skilful handing of background and detail. Although there is an intermittently successful attempt to build up Monro as a convincing character, the other figures all come from stock."[3]
In British Sound Films David Quinlan called the film a "quite exciting vest-pocket thriller with edgy performances."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Breakout (1959)". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ "Breakout". Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 44. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 287. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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