Man from Tangier (released in the United States as Thunder over Tangier) is a 1957 British second feature[3] crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni and Martin Benson.[4]
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| Directed by | Lance Comfort |
| Written by | Paddy Manning O'Brine |
| Produced by | W.G. Chalmers |
| Starring | Robert Hutton Lisa Gastoni Martin Benson Derek Sydney |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Peter Mayhew |
| Music by | Wilfred Burns |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service (UK) Republic Pictures (US) |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 mins[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot edit
A criminal flees from Tangier to London with forged money plates, leading to the gang he works for sending a dangerous woman to pursue him.
Main cast edit
- Robert Hutton as Chuck Collins
- Lisa Gastoni as Michele
- Martin Benson as Voss
- Derek Sydney as Darracq
- Leonard Sachs as Heinrich
- Emerton Court as Armstrong
- Richard Shaw as Johnny
- Robert Raglan as Inspector Meredith
- Harold Berens as Sammy
- Jack Allen as Rex
- Michael Balfour as Spade Murphy
- Frank Forsyth as Sergeant Irons
- Reginald Hearne as Walters
- Fred Lake as hotel porter
- Alex Gallier as Max
- Marianne Stone as woman in hotel
- Ronnie Clark as Coster
Releases edit
Man in Tangier was cut by the British Board of Film Classification to 67 minutes running time, in order to achieve a "U" classification.[2] The film premiered at Odeon Marble Arch in London on 27 January 1957, where it ran as a double bill together with Monkey on My Back (1957).[1]
In April 2011 the film was released on DVD as a double bill together with director Lance Comfort's 1961 film The Breaking Point.[5]
Critical reception edit
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fairly competent thriller, in which the upholders of the law are considerably more convincing than the crooks, with their alternating foreign and public-school accents. The story is very vaguely constructed; initially there seems very little reason for introducing Tangier; towards the end the action is almost incoherent."[6]
References edit
- ^ a b The Times, Thursday 27 January 1957, page 2: First ever appearance of Man from Tangier in the classified ads for "picture theatres", showing at Odeon Marble Arch together with Monkey on My Back - Found in The Times Digital Archive 2014-04-30
- ^ a b BBFC: Man from Tangier (1957) Linked 2014-04-30
- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "Man from Tangier". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Amazon UK: Breaking Point/Man from Tangier Linked 2014-04-30
- ^ "Man from Tangier". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 24 (276): 103. 1 January 1957 – via ProQuest.
External links edit
- Man from Tangier at IMDb
- Man from Tangier then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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- ^ "Breaking Point/Man from Tangier". Retrieved 26 December 2023.