Clegg (1969)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Lindsay Shonteff

Writer:

Lewis J. Hagleton (writer)

Release Date:

9 May 1973 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

An Ex-Cop Tangles With an Ex-Hooker! It's One Big Kiss-Off!

Plot Keywords:

Prostitution | Hooker | Prostitute | Independent Film | Character Name In Title

Cast

Gilbert Wynne	...	Harry Clegg
Gary Hope	...	Francis Wildman
Gilly Grant	...	Suzy the Slag
Norman Claridge	...	Lord Cruikshank
A.J. Brown	...	Joseph Valentine
Margery Mason	...	Neighbour
Michael Nightingale	...	Col. Sullivan
Noel Davis	...	Manager
Ronald Leigh-Hunt	...	Inspector Kert
Jenny Robbins	...	Shirley Jones
Valerie Shelton	...	Clegg's 1st Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laura Beaumont	...	Girl at Wildman's mansion
Sue Bond	...	Panties Girl
Dave Carter
Carmen Dene	...	Clegg's 2nd Girl
Heather Downham	...	Receptionist
Terry Duggan
Jo Jeggo	...	Clegg's nude girlfriend

Also Known As:

Harry and the Hookers (USA)
The Bullet Machine (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

87 min | 89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono

Certification:

Sweden:(Banned) | USA:R

Company:

Sutton-Shonteff

Trivia:

Gilbert Wynne receives an "introducing" credit.

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) (V)

Incompetent and violent but occasionally endearing

This being a Lindsay Shonteff film you expect the worst but by his standards it's not that bad. Repeat: BY HIS STANDARDS. Which were never terribly high. Clegg is a movie that would like to be a lot better than it is and has lofty ambitions but never has the cleverness to achieve them. The plot is mildly intriguing (old men are getting cards telling them they will soon die) but never really goes anywhere, and to say there's a lack of sympathy for the lead character would be an understatement. He gives us a voice-over narration of a fairly hackneyed nature throughout. The film really runs out of steam by the end - it's like the director couldn't think of any novel way to wrap things up. On the plus side there's some nice location shooting of 1969 London, which looks as beautiful as 1960s London always did. Hard to catch nowadays, Clegg is a movie unlikely to turn up on terrestrial TV - maybe on cable in the middle of the night though.