The Bloody Brood
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Directed by | |
Written by | Anne Howard Bailey (story) Ben Kerner (writer) Elwood Ullman (writer) |
Produced by | (producer) |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
Edited by | Robert Johnson |
Music by | Harry Freedman |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The Bloody Brood is a 1959 Canadian thriller film directed by .
Premise[]
A man begins to investigate on his own the death of his brother, who died from eating a hamburger laced with ground glass. With the police case stalled because of ineptness, the man's own investigation leads him toward a beatnik hang-out frequented by Nico (Peter Falk), a shady character who supplies drugs to the patrons and philosophizes about the ills of the world.
Cast[]
- Jack Betts as Cliff
- as Ellie
- Peter Falk as Nico
- Robert Christie as Detective McLeod
- as Francis
- as A Model
- Bill Bryden as Studs
- as Ricky
- Ron Taylor as Dave
- as Weasel
- as Roy
- as Louis
- as Paul the Poet
- as Blonde Neighbor
- as Stephanex
Reception[]
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Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film two out of four stars, calling it "[A] laughable, thoroughly cynical depiction of the Beat Generation."[1]
References[]
- ^ Leonard Maltin; Spencer Green; Rob Edelman (January 2010). Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide. Plume. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-452-29577-3.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1959 films
- Canadian films
- American films
- 1959 crime drama films
- Canadian detective films
- Canadian black-and-white films
- American crime drama films
- 1950s Canadian film stubs
- Crime drama film stubs