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October 1960 (UK)
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During World War II, a group of British soldiers are captured by the Japanese, tortured and their hands are cut off. Years later, a mad killer terrorizes London by cutting off the hands of his victims. | add synopsis
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A forgotten movie - but with interesting details.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Derek Bond | ... | Roberts Crawshaw / Roger Crawshaw | |
| Reed De Rouen | ... | Michael Brodie | |
| Bryan Coleman | ... | Adams | |
| Walter Randall | ... | Japanese Commander | |
| Tony Hilton | ... | Foster | |
| Harold Scott | ... | Charlie Taplow | |
| Ray Cooney | ... | Pollitt | |
| Gwenda Ewen | ... | Nurse Johns | |
| Michael Moore | ... | Dr. Metcalfe | |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt | ... | Munyard | |
| Ronald Wilson | ... | Doctor | |
| Garard Green | ... | Simon Crawshaw | |
| Jean Dallas | ... | Nurse Geiber | |
| David Blake Kelly | ... | Marshall | |
| Reginald Hearne | ... | Noel Brodie |
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Great start!
And yeah - lots of talk, and no action - which was the curse of British B movies of the time. But you've got to pay attention to the dialogue this time, or you won't work out what the motivation is. In other words, Ray Cooney's dialogue is a bit cleverer than the norm at the time.
Nasty shots (for 1961) - one severed hand (natch!)
Who's the murderer, then? Bloody Hell - Derek Bond has the lead role on the posters, and doesn't appear after the MEANINGFUL prologue until well into the movie.
Ray Cooney wrote the screenplay, and went on to script several extremely successful comedy/farce plays. This seems to have been his only foray into nasty stuff.He also appears in the movie. Several rewinds suggest that he's the main Cop's second hand( heh, heh!) man.(The credits aren't helpful)
I had to hunt this movie down after many years. Hard to find. Is it good? Well - all I can say is that, had I the chance to view it at the time, I may not have been disappointed. Very English, shoestring budget. Today?
It's an hour long, you've got to pay attention to throw-away dialogue - but it's much better than those Butcher Film movies that send you to sleep after 5 minutes and -
Amazing for 1960: Bad language! In the prologue, a character calls his WW2 captors "Dirty Bastards!" Believe me, STRONG stuff for the time.
BUT - this is NOT a lost classic. Tape it on late night TV if it ever shows, but don't pay what I did to give you this review.
GEISTERZUG