Cloudburst (1951)A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife. Director:Francis Searle |
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Title: Cloudburst (1951)
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John Graham
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Elizabeth Sellars | ... |
Carol Graham
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Colin Tapley | ... |
Inspector Davis
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Sheila Burrell | ... |
Lorna Dawson
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Harold Lang | ... |
Mickie Fraser /
Kid Python
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Mary Germaine | ... |
Peggy Reece
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Thomas Heathcote | ... |
Jackie
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George Woodbridge | ... |
Sergeant Ritchie
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Lyn Evans | ... |
Chuck Peters
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Edith Sharpe | ... |
Mrs. Reece
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James Mills | ... |
Thompson
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Daphne Anderson | ... |
Kate
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Edward Lexy | ... |
Cardew
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Noel Howlett | ... |
Johnson
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Carter
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A Canadian World War II veteran working for the British Foreign Office scours England for the killer who murdered his wife.
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The Torment of a Man's Split Mind! See more »Genres:
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 December 1992 (Germany) See more »Filming Locations:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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John Graham: [looks at the crossword his wife has been doing] Well... you've filled in nine words... You must have been here for hours.See more »
This is a tightly-constructed mystery of the pre-Black Mask style, in which the solving of the crime -- here a potential serial killer -- must be tracked down, and the only clear clue is a bit of paper at the scene of the crime with a cypher code.
The movie tries to add psychological drama by turning it from a "Whoodunnit" to a "Howcatchem" a style of mystery familiar to all fans of the old "Columbo" TV movie series, with the added punch that it is told from the viewpoint of the killer -- in this case, Robert Preston, who is an American who is somehow running a code-breaking division for the British government. Motivations are established early, but the whole thing is rendered a bit flat by the lack of details that surround the personnel. The result is a well-told story that is not, alas, particularly gripping.