The Long Shadow (1961 film)
{{Short description|1961 British film by Peter Maxwell}}
{{other uses|Long Shadow (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Long Shadow
| image = The_Long_Shadow_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1961-2).png
| caption =
| director = Peter Maxwell
| producer = John Pellatt
| writer = Manning O'Brine
| starring = John Crawford
Susan Hampshire
| music = Bill McGuffie
| cinematography = Norman Warwick
| editing = Allan Morrison
| studio = Argo Film Productions
| distributor = J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
| released = {{Film date|1961|07|31|UK|df=yes}}
| runtime = 64 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
The Long Shadow is a 1961 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last=Chibnall |first=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=294}} drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring John Crawford, Susan Hampshire and Willoughby Goddard.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65575|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116090002/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/65575|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-01-16|title=The Long Shadow (1961)|publisher=}} It was written by Manning O'Brine and filmed at Pinewood Studios.{{cite web |title=The Long Shadow - Pinewood filming location |url=http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/production/long-shadow |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=pinewoodgroup.com |publisher=}}
Plot summary
In Vienna during the Cold War, the Russians and Americans try to gain control of a boy who can be manipulated for political purposes. An American newspaper journalist attempts to save the Hungarian child and a Swedish nurse from certain death.
Cast
- John Crawford as Kelly
- Susan Hampshire as Gunilla
- Willoughby Goddard as Schober
- Humphrey Lestocq as Bannister
- Rory O'Brine as Ruchi Korbanyi
- Anne Castaldini as Magda
- Margaret Robertson as mother
- Bill Nagy as Garity
- Lily Kann as old lady
- Hana-Maria Pravda as matron
- Gisele Burke as Lisel
- Sean Sullivan as Burgen
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Yet another adventure of that meddlesome, gallant, punch-drunk type, the American foreign correspondent, this time engaged in spy-bashing and the foiling of kidnappers in a remarkably unconcerned Austria. As usual the mackintosh-clad East Europeans talk sinister but fight fair and are deservedly thwarted with heavy casualties. Perhaps what this worn-out fantasy genre needs to refurbish it is a drama about a sub-editor, kept late at the office impatiently revising the undoubtedly ill-phrased, garbled copy of these screen journalists-of-fortune who show talent for almost every activity but writing."{{Cite magazine |date=1 January 1961 |title=The Long Shadow |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305820663 |url-access=subscription |magazine=The Monthly Film Bulletin |pages=129 |via=ProQuest |volume=28 |issue=324}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0055096}}
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Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Peter Maxwell