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The Gentle Terror

The Gentle Terror
Directed byFrank Marshall
Written byMark Grantham
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyStephen Dade
Edited byJohn Dunsford
Music byBill LeSage
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
67 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Gentle Terror is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[1] thriller film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Terence Alexander and Angela Douglas.[2][3][4] It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers.

Plot

A mild mannered bookkeeping clerk is accused of embezzlement. To clear his name he must catch the true culprit.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story contains the bare bones of a promising farce, but feeble treatment, naive dialogue and weak acting result in a laboured and ineffective comedy, well below par by any standards."[5]

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called it a "feeble comedy-mystery."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "The Gentle Terror". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ The Gentle Terror at BFI
  4. ^ "The Gentle Terror (1961) - Frank Marshall | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  5. ^ "The Gentle Terror". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 30 (348): 85. 1 January 1963 – via ProQuest.