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Cloudburst is a 1951 British crime drama film produced by Hammer Films, directed by Francis Searle, starring Robert Preston and featuring Elizabeth Sellars, Harold Lang, Colin Tapley and Sheila Burrell. The script is based on a play written by Leo Marks,[1] a wartime cryptographer for the Special Operations Executive, and later the author of a memoir about his wartime work, Between Silk and Cyanide (1998).
| Cloudburst | |
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| Directed by | Francis Searle |
| Written by | Leo Marks (play) Francis Searle |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds Alexander Paal |
| Starring | Robert Preston |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | John Ferris |
| Music by | Frank Spencer |
Production company | Hammer Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Exclusive Films (UK) United Artists (USA) |
Release date |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
A World War II veteran, a former operative for the SOE, seeks revenge on the driver and passenger of a hit-and-run automobile that struck and killed his wife.[2]
Cast
- Robert Preston as John Graham
- Elizabeth Sellars as Carol Graham
- Colin Tapley as Inspector Davis
- Sheila Burrell as Lorna Dawson
- Harold Lang as Mickie Fraser / Kid Python
- Mary Germaine as Peggy Reece
- George Woodbridge as Sergeant Ritchie
- Lyn Evans as Chuck Peters
- Thomas Heathcote as Jackie
- Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Reece
- Daphne Anderson as Kate
- Edward Lexy as Cardew
- James Mills as Thompson
- Noel Howlett as Johnson
- Martin Boddey as Desk Sergeant
References
- Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (7 October 2017). The British 'B' Film. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 78. ISBN 978-1844575749.
- Harper, Sue; Porter, Vincent (2003). British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press. p. 141. ISBN 019815934X.
External links
- Cloudburst at IMDb
- Cloudburst at the TCM Movie Database
- Cloudburst at AllMovie
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