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The Strange Awakening

1958 British film by Montgomery Tully

The Strange Awakening (U.S. title: Female Fiends) is a 1958 British second feature[2] film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Lex Barker.[3]

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Plot

Motoring in the South of France, Peter Chance picks up a hitchhiker, and is attacked and left unconscious. Awaking in a villa with no memory of his identity, he is told by a woman claiming to be his mother that he is the heir to a fortune. When police investigate the death of his "father" Chance becomes suspicious and starts to investigate.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A summary of the plot does not do justice to this gripping version of the amnesia theme. The modest production successfully creates an atmosphere and the acting, though unremarkable, is always competent. A good 'B' melodrama."[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. [2]
    Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. [3]
    "The Strange Awakening". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  4. [4]
    "The Strange Awakening". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 64. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.


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