Recoil (Original title)
Date: 13 August 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Gilling
Synopsis: Story of how girl builds up evidence against her father's murderer by pretending to be in love with him and joining in his crooked activities.
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Length: 7117 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Eros Films
Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n104 August 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n237 October 1953 Page: 151
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n237 October 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v81 n6818 11 Aug 1953 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v81 n6818 11 Aug 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2407 13 Aug 1953 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2407 13 Aug 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6634 17 Nov 1952 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6634 17 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2369 20 Nov 1952 Page: 38
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2369 20 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8166 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-134692
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 769 FeetBFI identifier: C-134693
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7132 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-134694
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7650 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-134690
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8450 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-134691
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-134689
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 13 August 1953 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: John Gilling
Synopsis: Story of how girl builds up evidence against her father's murderer by pretending to be in love with him and joining in his crooked activities.
Genre: Crime
Releases
Date: 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Length: 7117 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Eros Films
Credits
(31)
A Tempean Film: Tempean Films, Produced by: Robert S. Baker, Produced by: Monty Berman, Production Manager: Jack Hanbury, Assistant Director: George Fowler, 2nd Assistant Director: Claude Hudson, 3rd Assistant Director: Alan Jonas, Continuity: Joanna Busby, Written by: John Gilling, Director of Photography: Monty Berman, Camera Operator: Eric Besche, Focus Puller: Desmond Davis, Clapper/Loader: James Devis, Stills Photography: Eric Gray, Editor: Sid Hayers, 1st Assistant Editor: Arthur Cox, 2nd Assistant Editor: Judith Campbell, Art Director: Wilfred Arnold, Make-up: Jill Carpenter, Coiffure: Joan Carpenter, Music by: Stanley Black, Sound Supervisor: George Burgess, Sound Recordist: L. Bulkley, Boom Operator: Fred Tomlin, Sound Camera Operator: Basil Rootes, Dubbing: George Burgess, Dubbing: Gordon Hay, Dubbing: Cyril Collick, Sound System: RCA Sound System, Made at: Alliance Film Studios
Cast
(19)
Kieron Moore (Nicholas Conway), Elizabeth Sellars (Jean Talbot), Edward Underdown (Michael Conway), John Horsley (Inspector Trubridge), Robert Raglan (Sergeant Perkins), Ethel O'Shea (Mrs Conway), Martin Benson (Farnborough), Tony Pelly (Bentock), Michael Kelly (Crouch), Derek Blomfield (Wilbur), Robert Moore (Roger), John Watson (Paul), Bill Lowe (Walters), Michael Balfour (Parkes), Mike Mccarthy (taxi driver), Ian Fleming (John Talbot), Marguerite Brennan (Michaels' maid), Louise Grainger (Michaels' nurse), Daphne Newton (Miss Crail)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: The Cine-Technician v19 n104 August 1953 Page: 100Title: [The Cine-Technician - v19 n104 August 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v20 n237 October 1953 Page: 151
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v20 n237 October 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v81 n6818 11 Aug 1953 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v81 n6818 11 Aug 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2407 13 Aug 1953 Page: 14
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2407 13 Aug 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6634 17 Nov 1952 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6634 17 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2369 20 Nov 1952 Page: 38
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2369 20 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(6)
Film materials(6)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8166 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-134692
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 769 FeetBFI identifier: C-134693
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7132 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-134694
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7650 FeetStock date: 1953BFI identifier: C-134690
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8450 FeetStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-134691
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-134689
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status