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* [https://www.reelstreets.com/films/impact/ ''Impact''] then-and-now location photographs at [https://www.reelstreets.com/ ReelStreets] |
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Latest revision as of 15:46, 11 September 2024
Impact | |
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Directed by | Peter Maxwell |
Written by | Peter Maxwell Conrad Phillips |
Produced by | John I. Phillips Ronald Liles |
Starring | Conrad Phillips George Pastell |
Cinematography | Gerald Moss |
Edited by | David Hawkins |
Music by | Johnny Gregory |
Production company | Butcher's Film Service |
Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Impact is a 1963 British crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Conrad Phillips and George Pastell.[1] It was produced by John I. Phillips and Ronald Liles for Butcher's Film Service.
Plot
[edit]Seeking vengeance for newspaper articles written about him, crooked Soho nightclub owner "The Duke" kidnaps crime reporter Jack Moir and frames him for theft. While serving a two-year prison sentence Moir plots his revenge and, upon release, embarks on a scheme to clear his name.
Cast
[edit]- Conrad Phillips as Jack Moir
- George Pastell as Sebastian "The Duke" Dukelow
- Ballard Berkeley as Bill MacKenzie
- Linda Marlowe as Diana Travers
- Richard Klee as Wally Wheeler
- Anita West as Melanie Calf
- John Rees as Charlie Wright
- Frank Pettitt as Sid the foreman
- Edward Ogden as Maury Parfitt
- Jean Trend as Hilda, the secretary
- Desmond Cullum-Jones as prison warder
- Mike Pratt as Detective Sergeant
- Don Barkham as constable
- Cecil Waters as Jules
Critical reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A modest but adequately staged thriller, with a script which is neat enough, and keeps one nicely guessing for a time whether Charlie has turned traitor or not. If it all seems rather flat, it is probably due to the acting. George Pastell's villain, and Anita West's night-club-singer-moll, are persuasive in an orthodox way, but the rest of the cast is variable, with one or two performances which would scarcely do credit to a hard-pressed repertory company. And many a schoolboy will pounce on errors in railway detail."[2]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Co-written by star Conrad Phillips and director Peter Maxwell, this was produced in a matter of days on a shoestring budget and contains no surprises as ace reporter Phillips is set up as a train robber by vengeful club boss George Pastell. Maxwell just about keeps what action there is ticking over, but he is fighting a losing battle with a cast that is substandard, even for a B-movie."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Impact". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "Impact". Monthly Film Bulletin. 30 (348): 100. 1 January 1963.
- ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 455. ISBN 9780992936440.
External links
[edit]- Impact at IMDb
- Impact at AllMovie
- Impact at the TCM Movie Database
- Impact then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets