Violent Moment

Violent Moment
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Produced by Bernard Coote
Written by Peter Barnes
Based on story A Toy for Jiffy (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1956) by Roy Vickers
Starring Lyndon Brook
Jane Hylton
Jill Browne
Rupert Davies
Music by Stanley Black
Cinematography Phil Grindrod
Edited by Sidney Hayers
Production
company
Independent Artists
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release dates
March 1959
Running time
61 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Violent Moment is a 1959 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton and Jill Browne.[1] It was made as a B film for release on the lower-half of a double bill. It was the film editor Hayers' first film as director. It also marked the debut of Moira Redmond.[2] It was released in the United States as Rebound.

The film is based on a story by Roy Vickers, from his 'Department of Dead Ends' series, originally published from 1934. These stories were ‘inverted’ mysteries: the reader knows the identity of the criminal, but the interest lies in how the detective solves the case and featured detectives dusting off cold cases. As with many of the criminals in Vickers’ stories, the protagonist Doug, is sympathetically depicted.[3][4]

Synopsis

A deserter from the British Army kills his wife during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman, his past eventually catches up with him.[5]

Cast

Critical reception

Noirish wrote, "although the cheapness of the production is very evident and the aspirations are modest, this is by no means a negligible movie." [6]

References

  1. "Violent Moment (1958)". BFI.
  2. Michael & Cotter p.157
  3. http://dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=3679
  4. William Edward Vickers|
  5. Murphy p.309
  6. "Violent Moment (1959)". Noirish.

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