Whirlpool (1959 film)

Whirlpool
Whirlpool
Directed by	Lewis Allen
Written by	Lawrence P. Bachmann ; Marcel Stellman
Produced by	George Pitcher ; Earl St. John ; Sam Lomberg
Starring	Juliette Gréco ; O.W. Fischer ; Muriel Pavlow ; Marius Goring
Cinematography	Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Russell Lloyd
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Production; company	Rank Organisation
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors
Release date	6 April 1959
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Whirlpool is a 1959 British crime film directed by Lewis Allen and starring Juliette Gréco and O. W. Fischer.^[1] The score from Ron Goodwin established him as a film composer.^[2]

It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in the Rhineland including Koblenz and Cologne. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Maxsted.

Plot summary[]

A beautiful girl Lora (Juliette Gréco) asks Rolph (O. W. Fischer) if she can travel on his barge down the Rhine. Rolph agrees to this and helps her to escape the clutches of murderer Herman (William Sylvester), who is obsessed with Lora. The local police approach Rolph and ask him to work together with them to lure Herman on board the barge using Lora as bait. Herman manages to hide on board and then takes control of Rolph's barge using a gun he has. Rolph and Lora manage to overpower Herman and throw him overboard where he is dragged under the barge into one of the side paddles where he is killed. Lora is a cynical person, believing that no one would ever do anything to help her out of just friendship due to the hard life she has had. At the end of the film, Lora leaves with the police, while Rolph asks her to return to him one day to live with him on his barge on the European rivers.

Cast[]

Juliette Gréco as Lora
O. W. Fischer as Rolph
Muriel Pavlow as Dina
Marius Goring as Georg
William Sylvester as Herman
Richard Palmer as Derek
Peter Illing as Braun
Geoffrey Bayldon as Wendel
Lily Kann as Mrs. Steen
Harold Kasket as Stiebel
Victor Brooks as Riverman
George Mikell as German Policeman
Jack Sharp as Barge Man

References[]

^ Michael F. Keaney (5 March 2008). British Film Noir Guide. McFarland. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-7864-6427-2.
^ "Obituaries- Ron Goodwin". The Independent. 11 January 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

External links[]

Whirlpool at IMDb

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[Keaney2008-1] Michael F. Keaney (5 March 2008). British Film Noir Guide. McFarland. pp. 218–219. ISBN 978-0-7864-6427-2.

[2] "Obituaries- Ron Goodwin". The Independent. 11 January 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2017.

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