The Weapon (1956)

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.

Director:

Val Guest

Writers:

Hal E. Chester, Fred Freiberger

Stars:

Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall

Cast

Cast overview:
Steve Cochran	...	Mark Andrews
Lizabeth Scott	...	Elsa Jenner
Herbert Marshall	...	Insp. Mackenzie
Nicole Maurey	...	Vivienne
Jon Whiteley	...	Erik Jenner
George Cole	...	Joshua Henry
Laurence Naismith	...	Jamison
Stanley Maxted	...	Colonel
Denis Shaw	...	Groggins
Fred Johnson	...	Fitzsimmons
John Horsley	...	Johnson

Storyline

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.

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Plot Keywords:

gun | accidental shooting | investigation

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 May 1957 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ase

Company Credits

Production Co:

Periclean Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

An acceptable time waster

A routine show for me. A Val Guest film starring two American actors, such were so many British movies from this time - see Terence Fisher's ones. But no real surprises. The flat yarn about a young boy who finds a weapon among the ruins of a building in London and who runs away with it. It appears that this gun was used ten years ago for a murder.

You stay awake all along this little story, but I am sure that you'll have forgotten all this two years later. Nothing exceptional. The ending is easily foreseeable.

But it's always a pleasure to watch Lizabeth - the Throat - Scott and the likes of Steve Cochran and Herbert Marshall. Even in a British film. And val Guest is a pretty good artisan.