The Violent Enemy
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| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Produced by | Wilfred Eades |
| Written by | Edmund Ward |
| Based on | novel by Jack Higgins |
| Starring | Tom Bell Susan Hampshire Ed Begley Noel Purcell |
| Music by | John Scott (as Patrick John Scott) |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Thom Noble |
Release date | 1968 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £250,000[1] |
The Violent Enemy is a 1968 film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire, Ed Begley, and Noel Purcell. The plot concerns an IRA plot to blow up a British power station.[2]
It was originally known as Come the Hero and filming began in Waterford in October 1968.[1]
Premise[edit]
IRA bomb expert Sean Rogan escapes from prison, and is reluctantly recruited into a scheme to blow up a British electronics factory back in Ireland.
Cast[edit]
- Tom Bell - Sean Rogan
- Susan Hampshire - Hannah Costello
- Ed Begley - Colum O'More
- Noel Purcell - John Michael Leary
- Jon Laurimore - Austin
- Michael Standing - Fletcher
- Philip O'Flynn - Inspector Sullivan
Critical reception[edit]
Sky Movies described it as, "one of only a handful of British films to deal with the troubles in Ireland. Played as a melodrama, the film is efficiently directed by action specialist Don Sharp. Tom Bell has the right air of disillusionment about him as the IRA man who's learned moderation in a British jail".[3] The Radio Times noted, "it's efficiently made, if unsurprising, and familiar American actor Ed Begley is worth watching as the fanatical Irish mastermind behind the scheme."[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Filming starts in Waterford. Was shot in Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow and on location in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. The Irish Times (1921-Current File) [Dublin, Ireland] 12 Oct 1968: 8.
- ^ The Violent Enemy at BFI
- ^ "The Violent Enemy".
- ^ John Gammon. "The Violent Enemy". RadioTimes.
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