Recoil (1953 film)

Recoil is a 1953 British 'B'[1] crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars and Edward Underdown.[2][3]

Recoil
Elizabeth Sellars and Kieron Moore
Directed byJohn Gilling
Written byJohn Gilling
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMonty Berman
Edited bySidney Hayers
Music byStanley Black
Production
company
Distributed byEros Films
Release date
  • August 1953 (1953-08)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

When thieves rob and murder her jeweller father, Jean Talbot resolves to bring them to justice by posing as a criminal and infiltrating their gang. She builds up evidence against her father's murderer by pretending to be in love with him.

Cast

Production

It was filmed at Alliance Studios in Twickenham.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A moderately exciting and realistically told thriller; the playing generally is adequate and the story keeps up a fair pace."[4]

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film wrote: "It was not the most plausible of plots, but it was effectively handled."[1]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Compact low-budget thriller."[5]

TV Guide called the film "a taut and action-filled programmer."[6]

References
  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "Recoil". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. "Recoil (1953) | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  4. "Recoil". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 20 (228): 151. 1 January 1953 – via ProQuest.
  5. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 364. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  6. "Recoil Review". Movies.tvguide.com. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2014.


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