The Dark Man (1951)

Director:

Jeffrey Dell

Writer:

Jeffrey Dell (writer)

Release Date:

6 August 1951 (Sweden)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Plot:

Cast

Maxwell Reed	...	The Dark Man
Edward Underdown	...	Inspector Jack Viner
Natasha Parry	...	Molly Lester
Barbara Murray	...	Carol Burns
William Hartnell	...	The Police Superintendant
Leonard White	...	Detective Evans
Gerald Anderson	...	Walsham Bay Police Inspector
Geoffrey Bond	...	Walsham Bay Police Sergeant
John Derrick	...	Detective-Sergeant Wells
Denis Webb	...	Scotland Yard Detective (as Dennis Webb)
John Hewer	...	Cab Driver - Victim
Ernest Haines	...	Mostyn
Walter Horsbrugh	...	The Detective-Commander
Duggie Ascot	...	George, stage manager (as Duggie Ascott)
Robert Long	...	Charles Burns
Cyril Smith	...	Samuel Denny
David Keir	...	Stevens, hotel desk clerk
Digby Wolfe	...	Jerry, party guest
Grace Denbigh Russell	...	Hotel Proprietress
Gordon Littmann	...	Cab Driver - Witness (as Gordon Litman)
Doris Yorke	...	Coffee Shop Proprietress
Betty Cooper	...	Carol's Mother
Carol Olver	...	The Little Girl
Robert Hay-Smith	...	The Little Boy
John Singer	...	Army Captain
Sam Kydd	...	Army Sergeant-Major
Norman Claridge	...	The Hospital Doctor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daphne Anderson	...	Fisher-woman (uncredited)
Gordon Bell	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Brown	...	Policeman At Hospital (uncredited)
Harry Fowler	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Fred X. Johnson	...	Hospital Porter (uncredited)
Oscar Quitak	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Ewen Solon	...	Police Driver (uncredited)
Geoffrey Sumner	...	Major (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeffrey Dell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jeffrey Dell		writer

Produced by
Julian Wintle	....	producer

Original Music by
Hubert Clifford

Cinematography by
Eric Cross

Film Editing by
Geoffrey Muller

Art Direction by
George Haslam

Makeup Department
Jack Craig	....	makeup artist
Jayne Seymour	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Jack Hicks	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ted Holliday	....	assistant director
George Mills	....	assistant director

Art Department
Johnathon Gallagher	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Laurie Clarkson	....	sound recordist (as Laurence Clarkson)
Dick Smith	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Harold Haysom	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Phyllis Dalton	....	costumer
M.E. Gillett	....	wardrober

Music Department
Hubert Clifford	....	conductor

Other crew
Pamela Carlton	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Independent Artists

Distributors

• General Film Distributors (GFD) (1951) (UK) (theatrical)
• Fine Arts Films Inc. (1952) (USA) (theatrical)
• VCI Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Runtime:

UK:91 min | USA:73 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Independent Artists

first video and childhood memories

This was the first video i bought to go with my new video player about a decade ago. Having spent a part of my childhood in the area where it was filmed it was fun to spot the locations, the heroine getting on the bus to go to the beach at what looks like Hastings only to get off near the Romney marshes, which is some way to go for a quick bit of sunbathing. The story of the criminal classes up to no good and an innocent bystander in danger has been told many times before,and since. Maxwell Reed as the moody Dark Man is worth the price of the video alone, William Hartnell ( future Dr who)always watchable. But the main reason is seeing the final scenes at the "pre-nuclear" Dungeness coastline. The only negative is with the UK video release which has part of the story missing, I assume this is a copy of the US release which was shorter.