October Moth

October Moth
Directed by	John Kruse
Screenplay by	John Kruse
Produced by	Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle
Starring	Lana Morris Lee Patterson
Cinematography	Michael Reed
Edited by	Ralph Sheldon
Music by	Humphrey Searle
Production company	Independent Artists
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date	September 1960 (1960-09) (UK)
Running time	54 minutes[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

October Moth is a 1960 British drama film directed by John Kruse and starring Lana Morris and Lee Patterson.^[2]

It was made at Beaconsfield Studios as a second feature for distribution by Rank.^[3]

Plot[]

In an isolated Yorkshire farm house, a deranged young man (Lee Patterson) imagines a car crash victim (Sheila Raynor) is his long deceased mother. Meanwhile, his sister Molly (Lana Morris), attempts to summon help for the unconscious woman, but against her brother's wishes.

Cast[]

• Robert Cawdron as Police Constable
• Peter Dyneley as Tom
• Lana Morris as Molly
• Lee Patterson as Finlay
• Sheila Raynor as The Woman

Critical reception[]

TV Guide wrote, "Had this been done with some sensitivity, it could have been an interesting drama. However, the treatment here is depressing, catering to the basest elements of melodramatic structure, and it ends up a second-rate production";^[4] whereas more recently, the psychtronickinematograph called the film "a tight and taut little psychodrama that packs a lot of character orientated punch into its brief (like the lifecycle of the lepidopterous insect of the title) 54 minute span."^[5]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Palmer, Scott. British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987. McFarland, 1998.

External links[]

• October Moth at IMDb

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