The Long Knife Explained

Director:Montgomery Tully
Producer:Jack Greenwood
Based On:Leslie Seldon Truss
(as Leslie Truss
Starring:Joan Rice
Sheldon Lawrence
Editing:Geoffrey Muller
Color Process:Black and white
Studio:Merton Park Studios
Distributor:Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors
Runtime:57 minutes
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

The Long Knife is a 1958 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Joan Rice, Sheldon Lawrence and Victor Brooks.[2] [3] It was written by Ian Stuart Black.

A young nurse becomes drawn into criminal activities.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Well turned-out crime thriller which suffers from an unlikely nurse as a heroine and a denouement which connoisseurs of the detective story might well consider obsolete."[4]

References

  1. Book: Chibnall, Steve . The British 'B' Film . McFarlane . Brian . . 2009 . 978-1-8445-7319-6 . London . 100.
  2. Web site: The Long Knife . 17 June 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090115093134/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/40658 BFI.org
  4. 1 January 1958 . The Long Knife . . 25 . 288 . 129 . ProQuest.