Clash by Night (1963 film)

For the 1952 Fritz Lang film of the same name see Clash by Night.

Clash by Night
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Screenplay byMontgomery Tully
Maurice J. Wilson
Based onClash by Night
1962 novel
by Rupert Croft-Cooke
Produced byMaurice J. Wilson
StarringTerence Longdon
Jennifer Jayne
Harry Fowler
Peter Sallis
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byMaurice Rootes
Music byJohn Veale
Production
company
Eternal Films
Distributed byGrand National Pictures
Release date
1963
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Clash by Night (released in the US as Escape by Night) is a 1963 British crime thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Terence Longdon and Jennifer Jayne. .[1] It is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Rupert Croft-Cooke.[citation needed]

Plot edit

A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue one of their gang. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and the other occupants of the bus are locked in a barn. To give the gang leader plenty of time to escape, he tells everone – two prison officers, the driver and five prisoners – that the barn has been doused in petrol, and that two gang members will stay behind outside to guard it, and will set fire to the straw-filled building if anyone tries to escape. The prisoners and officers start to interact, but soon find they may be in danger from yet another source.

Cast edit

Critical reception edit

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite the coincidences on which so much of the story depends, this is a fairly entertaining thriller, briskly developed and with well-written dialogue."[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Clash by Night". British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Clash by Night". Monthly Film Bulletin. 32 (372): 24. 1 January 1965.

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