The Black Rider (1954)When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their ... See full summary » Director:Wolf RillaWriter:A.R. Rawlinson |
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Cast
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Jimmy Hanley | ... |
Jerry Marsh
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Rona Anderson | ... |
Mary Plack
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Leslie Dwyer | ... |
Robert Plack
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Martin Bremner
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Beatrice Varley | ... |
Mrs. Marsh
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Michael Golden | ... |
Rakoff
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Valerie Hanson | ... |
Karen
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Vincent Ball | ... |
Ted Lintott
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Edwin Richfield | ... |
Geoff Morgan
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George Amble
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Robert Rietty | ... |
Mario
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James Raglan | ... |
Rackton
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Frank Atkinson | ... |
Landlord
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Edie Martin | ... |
Elderly Lady
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Peter Swanwick | ... |
Holiday-maker
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When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds... Written by Allen Dace <a.w.dace@maff.gov.uk>
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
December 1954 (UK) See more »Filming Locations:
Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Robert Plack: Well they needn't expect to see me at the funeral!
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Much is made of Marsh being, as the 'Daily Mail' puts it, a "young reporter" full of youthful escapades. In fact Jimmy Hanley was 36 at the time of filming, only 12 years junior to the 48-year-old Leslie Dwyer who plays his boss. See more »Quotes
Mary Plack: [When her son rides off with Plack's daughter on his new motorcycle] We shall never see them alive again. They'll be brought home in an ambulance.Robert Plack: Well they needn't expect to see me at the funeral!
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THE BLACK RIDER is a ridiculously-plotted and mildly entertaining B-movie about a young reporter on the track of the sinister local legend of the 'Black Rider', who haunts the marshes and scares drunks. What he uncovers goes way beyond the boundaries of believability, involving a sinister secret in the dungeon of a local castle. It's straight out of the pages of an Enid Blyton book.
The film is unashamedly racist, preying on viewers' Cold War fears, and features Lionel Jeffries miscast in a highly atypical role. Jimmy Hanley, as the supposedly youthful reporter protagonist, is old and camp, and the many scenes involving his motorbike gang have a whiff of naffness about them.
It's all very predictable and genteel, without one iota of genuine tension, but there's something distinctly nostalgic about watching such fare from this era. Watch out for Kenneth Connor's hilarious cameo as the town drunk.