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Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.[1] It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.

Counterblast
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Written by	Guy Morgan Jack Whittingham
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Starring	Robert Beatty Mervyn Johns Nova Pilbeam Margaretta Scott
Cinematography	Moray Grant James Wilson
Edited by	Joseph Sterling
Music by	Hans May
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International
Release date	18 May 1948
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading professor and takes his place at a research laboratory, where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.

Cast

• Robert Beatty as Doctor Paul Rankin
• Mervyn Johns as Doctor Bruckner
• Nova Pilbeam as Tracy Hart
• Margaretta Scott as Sister Johnson
• Sybille Binder as Martha Lert, Bruckner's housekeeper
• Marie Lohr as Mrs Coles
• Karel Stepanek as Professor Inman
• Alan Wheatley as M.W. Kennedy
• Gladys Henson as Mrs Plum
• John Salew as Padre Latham
• Anthony Eustrel as Doctor Richard Forrester
• Carl Jaffe as Heinz
• Ronald Adam as Colonel Ingram
• Martin Miller as Van Hessian
• Aubrey Mallalieu as Major Walsh
• Olive Sloane as Ingram's Housekeeper

References

External links

• Counterblast at IMDb

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