Dick Barton Strikes Back

Dick Barton Strikes Back
Dick Barton Strikes Back
Directed by	Godfrey Grayson
Written by	Elizabeth Baron and Ambrose Grayson, based on a story by Ambrose Grayson
Produced by	Anthony Hinds; Mae Murray;
Starring	Don Stannard; Sebastian Cabot;
Cinematography	Cedric Williams
Edited by	Ray Pitt
Music by	Rupert Grayson; Frank Spencer
Production; company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Exclusive Films
Release dates	3 June 1949 (United Kingdom); 4 May 1950 (United States)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Dick Barton Strikes Back is a 1949 British film about special agent Dick Barton.^[1] It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the agent, although it was the second released.^[2]

Plot[]

Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his associate; Snowey White, uncover a spyring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not, the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction...

Title[]

The film's title during production was Dick Barton and the Silent Plague.^[3]

Cast[]

Don Stannard as Dick Barton
Bruce Walker as Snowey White
Sebastian Cabot as Fouracada
James Raglan as Lord Armadale
Jean Lodge as Tina
Morris Sweden as Robert Creston
John Harvey as Major Henderson
Humphrey Kent as Colonel Gardener
Sidney Vivian as Inspector Burke
Tony Morelli as Nicholas
George Crawford as Alex
Larry Taylor as Nick (as Laurie Taylor)

Critical reception[]

Mystery File wrote "This is a little kid’s idea of a Spy Movie, with transparent trickery, obvious “surprise” villains and character development just below the level of a CLUE game, but it was clearly also the precursor of the James Bond films, with the suave, hard-fighting hero flung in and out of the clutches of sinister villains and predatory females with equal aplomb. It's a time-waster, sure, but a fun thing, with death rays, a sinister carnival and a really gripping final set-to up and down a (rather unsettlingly phallic) tower."^[4] while The Spinning Image found "An excellent example of pure pulp cinema, Dick Barton Strikes Back is solidly entertaining and never flags, right up to the finish line."^[5] and TV Guide called it "The best of the three "Dick Barton" films."^[6]