Dublin Nightmare
Appearance
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Directed by | Cliff Owen |
Written by | John Tully |
Produced by | Jon Penington |
Starring | William Sylvester Marla Landi Richard Leech |
Cinematography | Eric Cross |
Edited by | John Seabourne |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company | Penington Eady Productions |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
Release date | October 1958 |
Running time | 62 mins |
Language | English |
Dublin Nightmare is a 1958 British thriller film directed by John Pomeroy and starring William Sylvester, Marla Landi and Richard Leech.[1] The film is a low budget quota quickie shot at Twickenham Studios.[2]
Plot
Irish nationalists plan to seize a security van to raise money for their movement. A photographer begins to investigate the raid, as one of his friends was murdered during it.
Cast
- William Sylvester ... John Kevin
- Marla Landi ... Anna Monti
- Richard Leech ... Steve Lawlor
- Harry Hutchinson ... Finian
- William Sherwood ... Edward Dillon
- Jack Cunningham ... O'Connor
- Gerald Lawson ... Tramp
- Helen Lindsay ... Mary O'Callaghan
- Pat O'Sullivan ... Danny O'Callaghan
- John McCarthy ... Morgan
Critical reception
TV Guide called it "a routine crime drama"; [3] while Britmovie described it as a "compact b-movie based on the novel by Robin Estridge and effectively directed by John Pomeroy that transposes a Third Man style plot to 1950s Ireland." [4]
References
- ^ "Dublin Nightmare (1958)". BFI.
- ^ dfordoom. "Classic Movie Ramblings". dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.co.uk.
- ^ "Dublin Nightmare". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Dublin Nightmare". britmovie.co.uk.
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