| The Terror | |
| Director: | Richard Bird |
| Producer: | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Music: | Marr Mackie |
| Cinematography: | Walter J. Harvey |
| Editing: | Lionel Tomlinson |
| Studio: | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| Distributor: | Associated British Picture Corporation |
| Runtime: | 73 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by Richard Bird and starring Wilfrid Lawson, Linden Travers and Bernard Lee.[1] It was based on the 1927 play The Terror by Edgar Wallace (which was adapted from Wallace's 1926 novelThe Black Abbot). The play had previously been adapted as the American film The Terror(1928).[2]
A group of criminals carry out a daring robbery of an armoured van. Two of the criminals are betrayed by the mastermind of the operation. After ten years in prison, they come out and search for the man behind the crimes who betrayed them. But the police are on their tail also wanting to find out who was behind the robbery.
It was shot at Elstree Studios with sets designed by the art director Cedric Dawe.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A first class film of its type: excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail combined with superb cutting. Acting of a very high order and dialogue far above general standard. An entertainment film of great merit."[3]
Leslie Halliwell said: "Stilted remake of [''The Terror'' (1928)]."[4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "good", writing: "Very little subtelty but plenty of suspense."[5]