Dublin Nightmare

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Dublin Nightmare
Directed byJohn Pomeroy
Written byJohn Tully
Based ona novel by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine)
Produced byJon Penington
StarringWilliam Sylvester
Marla Landi
Richard Leech
CinematographyEric Cross
Edited byJohn Seabourne
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
Penington Eady Productions
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • October 1958 (1958-10)
Running time
62 mins
LanguageEnglish

Dublin Nightmare is a 1958 British second feature ('B')[1] thriller film directed by John Pomeroy and starring William Sylvester, Marla Landi and Richard Leech.[2][3] The screenplay was by John Tully based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine).

Plot

Irish nationalists plan to seize a security van to raise money for their movement. When one of his friends is murdered during the raid, photographer John Kevin begins to investigate.

Cast

  • William Sylvester as John Kevin
  • Marla Landi as Anna Monti
  • Richard Leech as Steve Lawlor
  • Harry Hutchinson as Finian
  • William Sherwood as Edward Dillon
  • Jack Cunningham as O'Connor
  • Gerald Lawson as tramp
  • Helen Lindsay as Mary O'Callaghan
  • Pat O'Sullivan as Danny O'Callaghan
  • John McCarthy as Morgan

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The Dublin locations are the principle point of interest in this unconvincing, weakly acted and sluggish second feature, which despite its brevity, barely escapes dullness; a less cautious treatment of the material available in the backgrounds of the city at night might have made a more exciting film."[4]

TV Guide called it "a routine crime drama."[5]

Britmovie described it as a "compact b-movie based on the novel by Robin Estridge and effectively directed by John Pomeroy that transposes a Third Man style plot to 1950s Ireland."[6]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 181. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Dublin Nightmare". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Dublin Nightmare (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Dublin Nightmare". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 154. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Dublin Nightmare". TVGuide.com.
  6. ^ "Dublin Nightmare". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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