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Man of Violence is a 1969 British crime film directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, Hammer girls Virginia Wetherell (Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Demons of the Mind) and Luan Peters (Lust for a Vampire, Twins of Evil), and Derek Aylward.[1] It is also known as Moon. A young man is forced to work for a major criminal in his effort to find a hidden stash of stolen gold.
" Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by but also some twists on generic convention." [2] The music was composed and conducted by Cyril Ornadel.
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DVD and Blu-ray release
The BFI have released Man of Violence on DVD and Blu-ray through its Flipside strand, together with the film The Big Switch.[3]
Cast
- Michael Latimer - Moon
- Luan Peters - Angel
- Derek Aylward - Nixon
- Maurice Kaufmann - Charles Grayson
- Derek Francis - Sam Bryant
- Kenneth Hendel - Hunt
- George Belbin - Burgess
- Sidney Conabere - Alex Powell
- Erika Raffael - Goose
- Virginia Wetherell - Gale
- Steve Emerson - Steve
- Peter Thornton - Mike
- Michael Balfour - Cafe owner
- John Keston - Girling
- Jessica Spencer - Joyce
- Mark Allington
- Sheila Babbage
- Patrick Jordan
- Andreas Melandrinos
- John Lawrence
- Stephen Zamit
- and The Wishful Thinking
References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/41739
- ^ Sleeve notes for BFI DVD BFIVD846
- ^ http://www.cinedelica.com/2009/08/dvd-review-man-of-violence-aka-moon-1970.html
External links
- Man of Violence at the Internet Movie Database
- Man of Violence at AllRovi
Films directed by Pete Walker 1960s School for Sex (1969) · The Big Switch (1969) ·1970s Die Screaming, Marianne (1971) · Cool It Carol! (1972) · Four Dimensions of Greta (1972) · The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) · Tiffany Jones (1973) · Man of Violence (1974) · House of Whipcord! (1974) · Frightmare (1974) · House of Mortal Sin (1976) · Schizo (1976) · The Comeback (1978) · Home Before Midnight (1979)1980s House of the Long Shadows (1983)Categories:- 1969 films
- 1960s crime films
- 1960s drama films
- 1960s thriller films
- British crime films
- British drama films
- British thriller films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Pete Walker
- 1960s British film stubs
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