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{{short description|1959 film by Sidney Hayers}}
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| name = Violent Moment
| name = Violent Moment
| image = "Violent_Moment"_(1959).jpg
| image = "Violent_Moment"_(1959).jpg
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| director = [[Sidney Hayers]]
| director = [[Sidney Hayers]]
| producer = Bernard Coote
| producer = Bernard Coote
| writer = [[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]]
| writer = [[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]]
| based on = story ''A Toy for Jiffy'' ([[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]], 1956) by [[William Edward Vickers|Roy Vickers]]
| based_on = story ''A Toy for Jiffy'' ([[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]], 1956) by [[William Edward Vickers|Roy Vickers]]
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Lyndon Brook]] <br> [[Jane Hylton]] <br> Jill Browne <br> [[Rupert Davies]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Lyndon Brook]]|[[Jane Hylton]]|Jill Browne|[[Rupert Davies]]}}
| music = [[Stanley Black]]
| music = [[Stanley Black]]
| cinematography = [[Phil Grindrod]]
| cinematography = [[Phil Grindrod]]
| editing = Sidney Hayers
| editing = Sidney Hayers
| studio = Independent Artists
| studio = [[Independent Artists (company)|Independent Artists]]
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated]] Film Distributors
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated]] Film Distributors
| released = March 1959
| released = {{Film date|1959|03}}
| runtime = 61 minutes
| runtime = 61 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b9e960f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713133317/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b9e960f|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-13|title=Violent Moment (1958)|work=BFI}}</ref> 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]].<ref>Michael & Cotter p.157</ref> It was released in the United States as '''''Rebound'''''.
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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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b9e960f|title=Violent Moment (1958)|work=BFI}}</ref> 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]].<ref>Michael & Cotter p.157</ref> 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.
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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>http://dvdcompare.net/review.php?rid=3679</ref><ref>William Edward Vickers|</ref>

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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>


==Premise==
==Premise==
A [[deserter]] from the British Army kills his wife during a fight. Although he becomes a successful businessman, his past eventually catches up with him.<ref>Murphy p.309</ref>
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>


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Lyndon Brook]] as Douglas Baines
* [[Lyndon Brook]] as Douglas Baines
* [[Jane Hylton]] as Daisy Hacker
* [[Jane Hylton]] as Daisy Hacker
* [[Jill Browne]] as Janet Greenway
* Jill Browne as Janet Greenway
* [[John Paul (actor)|John Paul]] as Sgt. Ranson
* [[John Paul (actor)|John Paul]] as Sgt. Ranson
* [[Rupert Davies]] as Bert Glennon
* [[Rupert Davies]] as Bert Glennon
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* [[Bruce Seton]] as Inspector Davis
* [[Bruce Seton]] as Inspector Davis
* [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]] as Hendricks
* [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]] as Hendricks
* [[Gerald Naderson (actor)|Gerald Anderson]] as Police Superintendent
* Gerald Naderson as Police Superintendent
* [[Martin Boddey]] as Nightwatchman
* [[Martin Boddey]] as Nightwatchman
* [[John Boxer (British actor)|John Boxer]] as Det. Sgt. Jarman
* [[John Boxer (British actor)|John Boxer]] as Det. Sgt. Jarman
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==Critical reception==
==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." <ref>{{cite web|url=https://noirencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/violent-moment-1959/|title=Violent Moment (1959)|work=Noirish}}</ref>
''Noirish'' wrote, "although the cheapness of the production is very evident and the aspirations are modest, this is by no means a negligible movie."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://noirencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/violent-moment-1959/|title=Violent Moment (1959)|work=Noirish|date=25 June 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:37, 7 May 2024

Violent Moment
Directed bySidney Hayers
Written byPeter Barnes
Based onstory A Toy for Jiffy (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1956) by Roy Vickers
Produced byBernard Coote
Starring
CinematographyPhil Grindrod
Edited bySidney Hayers
Music byStanley Black
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • March 1959 (1959-03)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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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.[5]

Cast

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Critical reception

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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

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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.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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