Man Who Couldn't Walk Explained

Man Who Couldn't Walk
Director:Henry Cass
Screenplay:Umesh Malik
Producer:Jock Macgregor
Umesh Malik
Starring:Eric Pohlmann
Peter Reynolds
Distributor:Butcher Film Distributors
Runtime:65 mins
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

Man Who Couldn't Walk is a 1960 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Eric Pohlmann and Peter Reynolds.[1] The screenplay was by Umesh Malik.

It was one of several British crime films starring Reynolds.[2]

Premise

A gang of jewel thieves led by a man in a wheelchair hire a top safecracker.

Cast

Production

Filming started on 11 January 1960 at Walton Studios.[3]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This unexceptional thriller has a tortuous and unlikely plot, ... a slick American idiom at variance with the London setting ... and a tendency to romanticise its unpleasant characters. It creates the general impression of being a rehash of incidents from the innumerable safe-breaking, bank or jewel robbery films of the last year or so."[4]

Kine Weekly wrote the film "packs quite a punch for its size... a reliable quota second."[5]

Variety said the film "comptently fulfils its mission."[6] When film was released in the US in 1964 Variety reviewed the movie again, calling it "routine but adequate".[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Man Who Couldn't Walk . 9 November 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
  2. Filmink. Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad. 11 November 2024. 11 November 2024. Stephen. Vagg.
  3. Kine Weekly. 4 November 2024. Independent Plans. 17 December 1959. 100.
  4. 1 January 1960 . Man Who Couldn't Walk . . 27 . 312 . 129 . subscription . ProQuest.
  5. Kine Weekly. Man Who Couldn't Walk. 11 August 1960. 4 November 2024. 26.
  6. Variety. Man Who Couldn't Walk. 24 August 1960. 4 November 2024. 6.
  7. Variety. 4 November 2024. 15 January 1964. The Man Who Couldn't Walk.