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Impact (Original title)
Date: 09 February 1964 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Peter Maxwell

Synopsis: Jack Moir, a newspaper reporter, is framed by 'The Duke', a Soho racketeer against whom he has written a series of articles. Moir serves a two year sentence and then, with the help of his cell-mate, Charlie, who works in a refrigeration plant, lures 'The Duke' and his gang into Charlie's warehouse where they are imprisoned in the refrigeration chambers until they have made the necessary confessions to clear Moir's name.

Genre:
Crime

Subjects:
Journalists, Soho
Releases
Date: 1963Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 61 mins Length: 5568 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Butcher's Film Distributors

Credits (23)
A Butcher's Film Production: Butcher's, Produced by: John I. Phillips, Associate Producer: Ronald Liles, Assistant Director: David Tringham, Continuity: Isabelle Byers, Screenplay by: Conrad Phillips, Screenplay by: Peter Maxwell, Story by: Conrad Phillips, Peter Maxwell, Director of Photography: Gerald Moss, Camera Operator: Gus Drisse, Editor: David Hawkins, Art Director: Harry White, Wardrobe: Muriel Dickson, Make-up: Harold Fletcher, Hair Stylist: Pearl Tipaldi, Music Composed and Directed by: Johnny Gregory, Music and Lyrics of Songs by: Clive Westlake, Chief of Sound: A.W. Watkins, Sound Recordist: John Bramall, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Made at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Boreham Wood
Cast (14)
Conrad Phillips (Jack Moir), George Pastell (Sebastian 'The Duke' Dukelow), Ballard Berkeley (Bill Mackenzie), Linda Marlowe (Diana Travers), Richard Klee (Wally Wheeler), Anita West (Melanie Calf), John Rees (Charlie Wright), Frank Pettitt (Sid), Edward Ogden (Maury Parfitt), Jean Trend (Hilda, the secretary), Desmond Cullum-Jones (prison warder), Michael Pratt (police sergeant), Don Barkham (constable), Cecil Waters (Jules)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (3)
In: British National Film Catalogue v1 1963
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v1 1963: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v30 n354 July 1963  Page: 100
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v30 n354 July 1963: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n2902 16 May 1963  Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2902 16 May 1963: no known title]Language: English


Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1140923
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1310888
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1310889
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteBFI identifier: C-1140900
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status