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词条 The Child and the Killer
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  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Critical reception

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = The Child and the Killer
| image = "The_Child_and_the_Killer"_(1959).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = British quad poster
| director = Max Varnel
| producer = Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger
| writer = Brian Clemens
Eldon Howard
| narrator =
| starring = Patricia Driscoll
Robert Arden
Ryck Rydon
Richard Williams
| music = Albert Elms
| cinematography = James Wilson (as Jimmy Wilson)
| editing = Maurice Rootes
| studio = Danziger Productions
| distributor = United Artists Corporation (UK)
| released = February 1959 (UK)
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| website =
}}The Child and the Killer is a British low budget 1959 crime film.[1] [2] It was also known as The Man in the Shadows. [3]

Plot

Joe, a US army officer, is on the run after committing murder. He invades the home of the widowed Peggy, and orders her son Tommy at gunpoint to guide him through the backwaters of the English countryside to safety. But he reckons without U.S. army Captain Mather, who is in love with Tommy's mother.

Cast

  • Patricia Driscoll as Peggy
  • Robert Arden as Joe
  • Richard Williams as Tommy
  • Ryck Rydon as Mather
  • John McLaren as Major Finch
  • Robert Raglan as Inspector
  • Gary Thorne as Prior
  • Gordon Sterne as Sergeant
  • Frank Ellement as White

Critical reception

TV Guide called it a "routine crime melodrama";[4] while Allmovie thought the film had "elements in common with the much-later Kevin Costner vehicle A Perfect World".[5]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6a7867c3|title=The Child and the Killer (1959)|work=BFI}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70789/Child-And-The-Killer-The/|title=Child And The Killer, The (1959) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film889626.html|title=The Child and the Killer|work=FilmAffinity}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-child-and-the-killer/review/110778/|title=The Child And The Killer|work=TVGuide.com}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-child-and-the-killer-v87127|title=The Child and the Killer (1959) - Max Varnel - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|author=Hal Erickson|work=AllMovie}}

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0052691}}
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4 : 1959 films|1950s crime films|British films|British crime films

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