The Child and the Killer
| The Child and the Killer | |
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 British quad poster | |
| Directed by | Max Varnel |
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| Cinematography | James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson) |
| Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
| Music by | Albert Elms |
Production company | Danziger Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Child and the Killer is a British low budget 1959 crime film.[1] [2] It was also known as The Man in the Shadows. [3]
Plot[]
Joe, a US army officer, is on the run after committing murder. He invades the home of the widowed Peggy, and orders her son Tommy at gunpoint to guide him through the backwaters of the English countryside to safety. But he reckons without U.S. army Captain Mather, who is in love with Tommy's mother.
Cast[]
- Patricia Driscoll as Peggy
- Robert Arden as Joe
- as Tommy
- as Mather
- as Major Finch
- Robert Raglan as Inspector
- as Prior
- as Sergeant
- as White
Critical reception[]
TV Guide called it a "routine crime melodrama";[4] while AllMovie thought the film had "elements in common with the much-later Kevin Costner vehicle A Perfect World".[5]
References[]
- ^ "The Child and the Killer (1959)". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
- ^ "Child And The Killer, The (1959) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "The Child and the Killer". FilmAffinity.
- ^ "The Child And The Killer". TVGuide.com.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "The Child and the Killer (1959) - Max Varnel - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
External links[]
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