| Dublin Nightmare | |
| Language: | English |
| Director: | John Pomeroy |
| Producer: | Jon Penington |
| Based On: | a novel by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine) |
| Starring: | William Sylvester Marla Landi Richard Leech |
| Music: | Edwin Astley |
| Cinematography: | Eric Cross |
| Editing: | John Seabourne |
| Studio: | Penington Eady Productions |
| Distributor: | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
| Runtime: | 62 mins |
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).
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.
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]