Vengeance Is Mine is a 1949 British second feature[1] crime drama film directed by Alan Cullimore and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth and Richard Goolden.[2]
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| Directed by | Alan Cullimore |
| Written by | Alan Cullimore |
| Produced by | Ben Arbeid |
| Starring | Valentine Dyall Anne Firth Richard Goolden |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Gerald Landau |
| Music by | Ken Thorne |
Production company | Cullimore-Arbeid Productions |
| Distributed by | Eros Films |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editCharles Heywood is a wrongly imprisoned businessman who is told by his doctors that he is dying. He constructs an elaborate plan to hire a hitman to kill him and then frame his former partner, who put him behind bars.
Cast
edit- Valentine Dyall as Charles Heywood
- Anne Firth as Linda Farrell
- Richard Goolden as Sammy Parsons
- Sam Kydd as Stacy
- Ethel Coleridge as Mrs Briggs
- Patsy Drake as Patsy
- Alexander Wright as the doctor
- Russell Westwood as Cass
- Manville Tarrant as man
- Alex Graham as barman
- John Hart as barman
- Arthur Brander as Richard Kemp
- Roland Caswell as Police Sargeant
- Michael Bird as policeman
- Bob Connor as garage man
- Betty Taylor as the little girl
Critical reception
editMonthly Film Bulletin said "This absurd story is not helped by the lugubrious playing of Valentine Dyall as Charles; overstressing of the comic relief and third-rate acting destroy any remaining likelihood of reality."[3]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Absurd thriller: even the cast don't seem enthusiastic."[4]
References
edit- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Vengeance Is Mine". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Vengeance Is Mine". Monthly Film Bulletin. 16 (181): 137. 1949 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 257. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.