The Long Knife
1958 British film by Montgomery Tully
- August 1958 (1958-08) (UK)
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The Long Knife is a 1958 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence and Victor Brooks.[2][3] It was written by Ian Stuart Black.
A young nurse becomes drawn into criminal activities.
Cast
- Joan Rice as Jill Holden
- Sheldon Lawrence as Ross Waters
- Dorothy Brewster as Angela
- Ellen Pollock as Mrs Cheam
- Victor Brooks as Superintendent Leigh
- Alan Keith as Doctor Ian Probus
- Arthur Gomez as Sergeant Bowles
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Well turned-out crime thriller which suffers from an unlikely nurse as a heroine and a denouement which connoisseurs of the detective story might well consider obsolete."[4]
References
- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Long Knife". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "The Long Knife". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 129. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
External links
- The Long Knife at IMDb
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Films directed by Montgomery Tully
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Spring Song (1946)
- Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
- Boys in Brown (1949)
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
- Girdle of Gold (1952)
- Small Town Story (1953)
- 36 Hours (1953)
- The Diamond (1954)
- Five Days (1954)
- Devil's Point (1954)
- The Glass Cage (1955)
- Dial 999 (1955)
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
- No Road Back (1957)
- The Key Man (1957)
- The Hypnotist (1957)
- Man in the Shadow (1957)
- The Diplomatic Corpse (1958)
- Escapement (1958)
- The Strange Awakening (1958)
- The Long Knife (1958)
- Man with a Gun (1958)
- I Only Arsked! (1958)
- Man Accused (1959)
- The Price of Silence (1960)
- Jackpot (1960)
- Dead Lucky (1960)
- The House in Marsh Road (1960)
- Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
- The Third Alibi (1961)
- Middle Course (1961)
- She Knows Y'Know (1962)
- Out of the Fog (1962)
- Clash by Night (1963)
- Master Spy (1964)
- Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
- The Terrornauts (1967)
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
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