القط والفأر (فيلم 1958)
| Cat & Mouse | |
|---|---|
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| اخراج | Paul Rotha |
| انتاج | Paul Rotha |
| الحوار السينمائي | Paul Rotha |
| بطولة | Lee Patterson Ann Sears Victor Maddern |
| سينماتوگرافيا | Wolfgang Suschitzky |
| شركــة الانتاج | Anvil Films |
| توزيع | Eros Films (UK) |
| تواريخ العرض | أغسطس 1958 (UK) |
| طول الفيلم | 79 min |
| البلد | United Kingdom |
| اللغة | English |
القط والفأر (Cat & Mouse ؛ العنوان الأمريكي: الرجال اليائسون The Desperate Men) هو فيلم جريمة درامي بريطاني من عام 1958، من إخراج پول روثا, starring Lee Patterson, Ann Sears and Victor Maddern.[1][2] The screenplay was by Rotha, based on the 1955 novel Cat and Mouse by John Creasey, writing as Michael Halliday.
Plot
A deserter from the American army holds a young British woman hostage, believing she knows the location of a fortune in diamonds.
Cast
- Lee Patterson as Rod Fenner
- Ann Sears as Ann Coltby
- Victor Maddern as Superintendent Harding
- Hilton Edwards as Mr. Scruby
- Diana Fawcett as Mrs. Pomeroy
- Roddy McMillan as Mr. Pomeroy
- Stuart Saunders as plainclothes Sergeant
- George Rose as second-hand clothes dealer
- Llewellyn Rees as bank manager
- Robert Mackenzie as American army officer
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An interesting experiment in low-budget feature production by a distinguished documentary director, this film has a strong sense of place and period. The genteel decaying London streets, the cold suburbs, the mood of bitterness and resentment expressed by the fugitive American are all very much of our time, and are presented with vigour and feeling. ... One of the great virtues of this film is that it achieves excitement and tension without exploiting violence."[3]
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "This claustrophobic thriller denies documentary director Paul Rotha the chance to demonstrate his facility with realism. Yet he still generates a fair amount of suspense ... This is superior to the majority of British B-movies made at the time "[4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "good", writing: "Offbeat thriller with good atmosphere and performances."[5]
References
- ^ "Cat & Mouse". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Easen, Sarah. "Rotha, Paul (1907-1984)". Screenonline. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "Cat & Mouse". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 123. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 161. ISBN 9780992936440.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 291. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
وصلات خارجية
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- أفلام 1958
- أفلام باللغة الإنگليزية
- 1958 films
- British crime drama films
- Films directed by Paul Rotha
- Films based on British novels
- 1958 crime drama films
- British black-and-white films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s British films
- English-language crime drama films