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Violent Moment
Violent Moment
Directed by	Sidney Hayers
Written by	Peter Barnes
Based on	story A Toy for Jiffy (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1956) by Roy Vickers
Produced by	Bernard Coote
Starring	Lyndon Brook; Jane Hylton; Jill Browne; Rupert Davies;
Cinematography	Phil Grindrod
Edited by	Sidney Hayers
Music by	Stanley Black
Production; company	Independent Artists
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date	March 1959;
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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Violent Moment is a 1959 British drama film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Lyndon Brook, Jane Hylton and Jill Browne.^[1] It was made as a B film for release on the lower-half of a double bill. It was the film editor Hayers' first film as director. It also marked the debut of Moira Redmond.^[2] It was released in the United States as Rebound.

The film was released with its own credits, in the cinema. Later, it was released in the Edgar Wallace Mysteries, with that shows credits, of Wallace's statue, surrounded by whirling cigarette smoke.

The film is based on a story by Roy Vickers, from his 'Department of Dead Ends' series, originally published from 1934. These stories were ‘inverted’ mysteries: the reader knows the identity of the criminal, but the interest lies in how the detective solves the case and featured detectives dusting off cold cases. As with many of the criminals in Vickers’ stories, the protagonist Doug, is sympathetically depicted.^[3]^[4]

Premise

A deserter from the British Army kills his girlfriend during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman, his past eventually catches up with him.^[5]

Cast

Lyndon Brook as Douglas Baines
Jane Hylton as Daisy Hacker
Jill Browne as Janet Greenway
John Paul as Sgt. Ranson
Rupert Davies as Bert Glennon
Moira Redmond as Kate Glennon
Bruce Seton as Inspector Davis
Martin Miller as Hendricks
Gerald Naderson as Police Superintendent
Martin Boddey as Nightwatchman
John Boxer as Det. Sgt. Jarman
Frederick Piper as Jenkins

Critical reception

Noirish wrote, "although the cheapness of the production is very evident and the aspirations are modest, this is by no means a negligible movie."^[6]

References

^ "Violent Moment (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.
^ Michael & Cotter p.157
^ "Violent Moment AKA Rebound". Retrieved 24 December 2023.
^ William Edward Vickers|
^ Murphy p.309
^ "Violent Moment (1959)". Noirish. 25 June 2014.

Bibliography

Michael, Robert & Cotter, Bob. The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. McFarland, 2013.
Murphy, Robert. British Cinema and the Second World War. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005.

External links

Violent Moment at IMDb

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[1] "Violent Moment (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012.

[2] Michael & Cotter p.157

[3] "Violent Moment AKA Rebound". Retrieved 24 December 2023.

[4] William Edward Vickers|

[5] Murphy p.309

[6] "Violent Moment (1959)". Noirish. 25 June 2014.

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-A [[deserter]] from the British Army kills his wife during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman his part eventually catches up with him.<ref>Murphy p.309</ref>
+The film is based on a story by [[William Edward Vickers|Roy Vickers]], from his 'Department of Dead Ends' series, originally published from 1934. These stories were ‘inverted’ mysteries: the reader knows the identity of the criminal, but the interest lies in how the detective solves the case and featured detectives dusting off cold cases. As with many of the criminals in Vickers’ stories, the protagonist Doug, is sympathetically depicted.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=3679 | title=Violent Moment AKA Rebound | access-date=2023-12-24}}</ref><ref>William Edward Vickers|</ref>
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+A [[deserter]] from the British Army kills his girlfriend during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman, his past eventually catches up with him.<ref>Murphy p.309</ref>
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 * [[Jane Hylton]] as Daisy Hacker
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 * [[John Paul (actor)|John Paul]] as Sgt. Ranson
 * [[Rupert Davies]] as Bert Glennon
 * [[Moira Redmond]] as Kate Glennon
 * [[Bruce Seton]] as Inspector Davis
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 * [[Martin Boddey]] as Nightwatchman
 * [[John Boxer (British actor)|John Boxer]] as Det. Sgt. Jarman
 * [[Frederick Piper]] as Jenkins
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