Night After Night After Night, also known as Come Nightfall, He Kills Night after Night after Night, and The Night Slasher, is a 1969 British thriller film directed by Lindsay Shonteff (as Lewis J. Force) and starring Jack May, Justine Lord and Gilbert Wynne.[1]
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| Directed by | Lewis J. Force (Lindsay Shonteff) |
| Screenplay by | Dail Ambler |
| Produced by | James Mellor |
| Starring | Jack May Gilbert Wynne |
| Cinematography | Douglas Hill |
| Edited by | John Rushton |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley |
Production company | Dudley Birch Films |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Distributors |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editFour women have been murdered and Detective Inspector Bill Rowan is investigating. He believes that young thug and convicted rapist Peter Laver is responsible. When Rowan's own wife becomes the fifth victim, and yet two more women are murdered, Rowan arrests Laver on a spurious charge, and he is convicted for the latest murder, for which he has no alibi. Judge Charles Lomax presides over the murder case, and suffers a breakdown midway through the case. Discovering that the judge has a secret room full of pornography and S&M equipment, Rowan realises that in fact Lomax is the murderer.
Cast
edit- Jack May as Judge Charles Lomax
- Justine Lord as Helena Lomax
- Gilbert Wynne as Detective Inspector Bill Rowan
- Donald Sumpter as Peter Laver
- Gary Hope as counsel
- Linda Marlowe as Jenny Rowan
- Jack Smethurst as chief inspector
- Terry Scully as Carter
- Peter Forbes-Robertson as Powell
- Jacqueline Clerk as Josie Leach
- Michael Nightingale as Martingale, the solicitor
- John Gabriel as counsel
- Elisabeth Murray as Marion Brown
- Walter Horsbrugh as doctor
- Simon Lack as Endell's Q.C.
- Bernard G. High as witness
- Roy Skelton as counsel
- Carol Haddon as 1st prostitute (in car)
- Yvonne Paul as 2nd prostitute
- April Harlow as 1st stripper
- Shirley Easton as 2nd stripper
- Philip Caton as David Endell (uncredited)
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Lurid, pedestrian and totally unconvincing thriller whose contrived script throws up so conspicuous a red herring that the identity of the real villain is never in any doubt. The accent throughout is on sexual deviation and sleazy thrills; which is just as well, since if the plot weren't so ludicrous, it might raise some mildly serious questions about how such an obviously psychopathic judge (black wigs and leather gear are mere incidental diversions) came to be appointed in the first place."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Night after Night after Night". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Night after Night after Night". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 37 (432): 82. 1 January 1970 – via ProQuest.