The Bloody Brood

The Bloody Brood
The Bloody Brood
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[]

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[]

The Bloody Brood at IMDb

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[MaltinGreen2010-1] Leonard Maltin; Spencer Green; Rob Edelman (January 2010). Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide. Plume. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-452-29577-3.

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The Bloody Brood

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