The_End_of_the_Line_(1957_film)

<i>The End of the Line</i> (1957 film)

The End of the Line (1957 film)

1957 British film by Charles Saunders

The End of the Line is a 1957 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne and Jennifer Jayne.[2] It was released in the USA in 1959.[3]

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Plot

Mike Selby, an American author living in England gets involved with the wife of a jewel fence, who persuades Mike to rob her husband, whilst at the same time giving him a fake alibi. But soon after the robbery when the jewel fence winds up dead, Mike begins to get blackmailed.

Cast

Production

It was made at Southall Studios in West London.[4]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime story with a highly unconvincing plot which relies heavily on coincidence, this film sticks carefully to stereotyped lines. The acting throughout is remarkably poor."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very far-fetched, stickily acted thriller."[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. [2]
    "The End of the Line". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. [3]
    "The End of the Line (1959) - Charles Saunders - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. [4]
    "The End of the Line (1958)". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017.
  5. [5]
    "The End of the Line". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 20. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  6. [6]
    Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 306. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.


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