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The Black Glove

Original title: Face the Music
  • 19541954
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
233
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The Black Glove (1954)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.Newly arrived in Britain, a jet-lagged musician impulsively goes to the apartment of a beautiful blues singer he's just met and hours later is accused of her murder.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
233
YOUR RATING
    • Terence Fisher
    • Ernest Borneman(novel)
  • Stars
    • Alex Nicol
    • Eleanor Summerfield
    • John Salew
    • Terence Fisher
    • Ernest Borneman(novel)
  • Stars
    • Alex Nicol
    • Eleanor Summerfield
    • John Salew
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    Alex Nicol
    Alex Nicol
    • James Bradley
    Eleanor Summerfield
    • Barbara Quigley
    John Salew
    • Maxie Margulies
    Paul Carpenter
    • Johnny Sutherland
    Geoffrey Keen
    Geoffrey Keen
    • Maurie Green
    Ann Hanslip
    • Maxine Halbard
    Fred Johnson
    Fred Johnson
    • Det. Sgt. MacKenzie
    Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey
    • Insp. Mulrooney
    Arthur Lane
    • Jeff Colt
    Gordon Crier
    Paula Byrne
    • Gloria Lewis Colt
    Kenny Baker's Dozen
    • Jazz Band
    • (as Kenny Baker's Dozen)
    Leo Phillips
    • Dresser
    Freddie Tripp
    • Stage manager
    Ben Williams
    • Gatekeeper
    Frank Birch
    • Trumpet Salesman
    Jeremy Hawk
    Jeremy Hawk
    • Recording Technician
    James Carney
    • Mickey (barman)
      • Terence Fisher
      • Ernest Borneman(novel) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Alex Nicol's trumpet playing is dubbed by Kenny Baker.
    • Quotes

      James 'Brad' Bradley: [narrating as he enters a dingy club] This didn't look like a safe place to take your mother. In fact, it looked like a place you leave horizontally or not at all.

    • Soundtracks
      Got You On My Mind
      (uncredited)

      Written by Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas

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    2/10
    A plot Sherlock Holmes couldn't understand
    It's difficult to believe that THE Terrence Fisher directed this slog of a mystery about the folks who inhabit the world of smoky jazz clubs. A scene in which Alex Nicol starts trouble in a tough London club and is able to just stroll out without a group of guys looking like they're auditioning for Reservoir Dogs kicking his head in is ridiculous. Mostly studio bound on cheap sets, the film wastes an opportunity to shoot good location footage. The two detectives investigating the murder of the pretty jazz singer mainly sit on their lardasses for most of the running time. The big reveal is a big nothing.
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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1954 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Hammer Films
      • Lippert Films
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    • 1 hour 24 minutes
      • Black and White

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