Dublin_Nightmare

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Dublin Nightmare

1958 film

Dublin Nightmare is a 1958 British thriller film directed by John Pomeroy and starring William Sylvester, Marla Landi and Richard Leech.[1] The film is a low budget quota quickie shot at Twickenham Studios.[2]

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Plot

Irish nationalists plan to seize a security van to raise money for their movement. A photographer begins to investigate the raid, as one of his friends was murdered during it.

Cast

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

Critical reception

TV Guide called it "a routine crime drama";[3] while 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."[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Dublin Nightmare (1958)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  2. [2]
    dfordoom. "Classic Movie Ramblings". dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.co.uk.
  3. [3]
    "Dublin Nightmare". TVGuide.com.
  4. [4]
    "Dublin Nightmare". britmovie.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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