Man in the Shadow (1957 British film)

Man in the Shadow
Man in the Shadow
	British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Montgomery Tully
Written by	Maisie Sharman
Produced by	Alec C. Snowden; Richard Gordon
Starring	Zachary Scott; Faith Domergue
Cinematography	Phil Grindrod
Edited by	Geoffrey Muller
Music by	Trevor Duncan
Production; company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date	September 1957;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Man in the Shadow (U.S. title Violent Stranger) is a 1957 British second feature ('B')^[1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Zachary Scott and Faith Domergue.^[2]^[3] It was written by Maisie Sharman.

The film was retitled for the US market because of the release of the American film of the same name in the same year.^[4]

Cast

Zachary Scott as John Lewis Sullivan
Faith Domergue as Barbara Peters
Peter Illing as Carlo Raffone
Faith Brook as Joan Lennox
John Welsh as Inspector Hunt
Julian Strange as Detective Sergeant
Gordon Jackson as Jimmy Norris
Kay Callard as Pamela Norris
Harold Siddons as Colin Wells
John Horsley as Alan Peters
Fabia Drake as Sister Veronica

Critical reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "A workmanlike job, eficctively varnished, it will intrigue and thrill the ninepennies. ... The picture feels its way a trifle gingerly at first, but once its plot assumes definite shape it steadily grips."^[5]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ Man in the Shadow at the BFI Database
^ "Man in the Shadow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
^ Tom Weaver, The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon, Bear Manor Media 2011 p 18
^ "Man in the Shadow". Kine Weekly. 485 (615): 18. 26 September 1957 – via ProQuest.

External links

Man in the Shadow at IMDb
Violent Stranger at AllMovie

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[Chibnall-1] Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.

[2] Man in the Shadow at the BFI Database

[BFIsearch-3] "Man in the Shadow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

[tom-4] Tom Weaver, The Horror Hits of Richard Gordon, Bear Manor Media 2011 p 18

[5] "Man in the Shadow". Kine Weekly. 485 (615): 18. 26 September 1957 – via ProQuest.

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