The gentle gunman is an attempt at being an anti violence movie, one with a gentle pro british slant from that most british of film studios, ealing. The marksman is a 1953 american western film directed by lewis d. Within this context the gentle gunman seems soberly neutral. Bluray movies 4k 3d dvd digital ma itunes prime games people forum. Irish brothers with ira connections fall out when one of them renounces violence. Gunman was followed in 1994 by salween, which was also entitled gunman 2 thai. The gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, michael relph. Joseph tomelty 5 march 1911 7 june 1995 was an irish character actor and playwright. Matt bogarde is the young and hungry in the name of the cause brother, terence mills has grown tired of the violence and questions the iras methods. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to london in 1936 on the advice of leslie howard to train for acting at rada. Unfortunately its tonally all over the place, awash with a mixed bunch of characters that range from apparent comic relief, to rabid irish terrorists and a town crier like british bigot.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Woman of straw is a 1964 crime thriller directed by basil dearden and starring gina lollobrigida and sean connery. The american film institute afi considers the 1953 film adaptation of the. Tea and sympathy, four years after the 1953 broadway opening. Alexander mackendricks mordant satire the man in the white suit 1951 is perhaps the studios only fullyrealised political film. Zahvaljujuci markantnom izgledu je postao jedna od najvecih zvijezda poratne britanske kinematografije. N james kenney was born on july 20, 1930 in wandsworth, london, england as horace james charles kenney. The gentle gunman 1952 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The films chief faultline runs straight down the central character of the gentle gunman. Satisfactory quality of image and sound for an important film that involves names such as basil dearden, dirk. The gentle gunman 1952 letterboxd social film discovery. His father was known as rollickin james for his skill on the fiddle. He died on january, 1987 in surbiton, surrey, england. The gentle gunman 1952 another minor revelation when approaching my survey of ealing films. This is a partial listing of films produced andor distributed by universal pictures, the main motion picture productiondistribution arm of universal studios, a subsidiary of nbcuniversal. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company.
The gentle gunman 1952, where he and dirk bogarde played ira gunmen for basil dearden. In 20th century fox period movies in cinemascope, sellars was ornamental. The rest of the ira agrees, and soon the gentle gunman is branded a traitor and a price is placed on his head. A word used to call a gunfighter before the 20th century. The gentle gunman 1953 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. However, aside from the presence of sorapong chatree, who stars in salween as a tough, veteran police sergeant, as well as ron rittichai, who portrays a slorc colonel, the stories and characters of the two films have no relation, so salween is a sequel to gunman. See the full list of the gentle gunman cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. The gentle gunman 1952 the gentle gunman 1952 user. I have shortened his definitions but included the link below so you can read the complete original. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. A nightclub singer abandons her career for marriage and a family. Basil dearden is, par excellence, the journeymandirector of british cinema, standing in much the same relation to ealing the studio for which he directed the greater part of his output as, say, michael curtiz did to warner brothers.
And you, my father, there on the sad height, curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, i pray. The film is based on a 1950 play by roger macdougall that was televised by the bbc in september 1950. Unfortunately its tonally all over the place, awash with a mixed bunch of characters that range from apparent comic relief, to rabid irish terrorists and a. The long memory 1953, a thriller from robert hamer. A man called intrepid 3 disc series air cadet 0815 3 disc. Collins and starring wayne morris, elena verdugo and frank ferguson. A british film, earnest and occasionally attractive but more often merely dull and muddled, about the struggle between hotheads and moderates in the rebel irish republican army during the early phases of world war 2.
With robin bailey, larry burns, edward byrne, michael golden. Thorold dickinson s secret people 1952 and robert hamer s his excellency 1951 end up hampered by the evasions of liberal squeamishness though both. Dirk bogarde full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. And to try and understand their motivations in any other way opens you to charges of being an apologist for terrorism. The gentle gunman directed bybasil dearden produced bybasil dean michael relph written byroger macdougall starringjohn mills dirk bogarde music byjohn greenwood cinematographygordon dines edited bypeter tanner distributed byuniversalinternational release date october 1952 30 september 1953 running time 86 minutes countryunited kingdom languageenglish the gentle gunman is a blackandwhite 1952 ealing studios drama film, directed by basil dearden and starring john mills and dirk bogarde. Gentle gunman, the 1952 universal dvd r2 uk tcm gentleman after dark, a 1942 ua. This is a list of films produced by universal pictures. Initially a matinee idol in films such as doctor in the house 1954 for the rank organisation, he later acted in arthouse films.
Hyde 19 1914 by the suns rays 1914 making a living 1914 lucille love, girl of mystery 1914 the. She was with bogarde again in the wellmeaning the gentle gunman 1952. When her husband achieves fame as a radio star, she becomes depressed and turns to alcohol. Sean penn plays a gunmanamong a very boring movie about people trying to kill a gunman. Based on the stage play by roger macdougall, gentle gunman was seldom seen once the troubles were resparked in the ireland of the 1960s. Folded as issued a group of travelers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn run by a ghostly landlord and his daughter. Thorold dickinson s secret people 1952 and robert hamer s his excellency 1951 end up hampered by the evasions of liberal squeamishness though both work far better than the gentle gunman. A french term meaning black film, or film of the night. The gentle gunman 1952 in london, terence sullivan john mills, a longtime gunman for the irish republican army, has started questioning his loyalty to the cause, which disturbs his younger. A word sometimes used to describe a criminal armed with a gun. With john mills, dirk bogarde, robert beatty, elizabeth sellars. An ealing production, this stiff, overplotted tale of ira internal feuding, shot in spurious noir style, nevertheless betrays interesting. John mills in the gentle gunman 1952 add image see all 2 photos. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Usprkos neuspjelog pokusaja proboja u hollywood, 1960ih je postao medunarodna zvijezda zahvaljujuci nastupu u nizu prestiznih filmova gdje je. Feb 23, 2014 the enemy below here is one of the best war movies ever, a chess game of cat and fish not mouse duration. Gunman, a 1983 thai crime film directed by chatrichalerm yukol. Joseph tomelty was born in portaferry, the eldest of seven children. Doesnt mislead you into thinking there will be a happy ending. Find similar and related movies for the gentle gunman 1952 basil dearden, michael relph on allmovie. The gentle gunman is a blackandwhite 1952 ealing studios drama film, directed by basil dearden and starring john mills and dirk bogarde. He was an actor, known for captain horatio hornblower r. Its at times almost painful to watch the man fall apart as the film moves through. Its this toobalanced approach to the irish dilemma that makes basil dearden and michael relphs otherwise thoughtful film too glib for its own good and. List of universal pictures movies universal monsters wiki. A british film, earnest and occasionally attractive but more often merely dull and muddled.
Directed by basil dearden and adapted to screenplay from his own play by roger macdougal, the gentle gunman finds john mills and dirk bogarde as brothers in the ira circa 1941. I wanted to add a definition for film noir, so i went to the great movie critic roger ebert. He worked in film, television, radio and on the stage, starring in sam thompson s 1960 play over the bridge. The gentle gunman 1952 approved 1h 26min crime, drama, thriller 10 october 1953 usa in 1941, in wartime u. In the novel, the characterization of the lone gunman from the east is. American tough guy actor alan ladd 19 1964 plays the enigmatic hero in a bar scene from the paramount film shane, directed by george stevens. Saraband for dead lovers released in the united states as saraband is a 1948 british historical drama film directed by basil dearden and starring stewart granger and joan greenwood. Attended university college school and allan glens school, scotland. He was one of three children, with sister elizabeth and younger brother gareth. It may not be a classic, but the film offers plenty of action, some unobtrusive melodrama, and. The gunman is a serviceable action thriller that will mostly apply to fans of the soobviously aging sean penn. Do not go gentle into that good night by dylan thomas poems.