The Pursuers
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| Directed by | Godfrey Grayson |
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| Music by | Bill Le Sage |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey (as Jimmy Harvey) |
| Edited by | John Dunsford |
Production company | Danziger Productions (uncredited) |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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The Pursuers is a 1961 British second feature thriller film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Cyril Shaps, Francis Matthews and Susan Denny.[1][2][3][4]
Plot
Concentration camp survivor David (Francis Matthews) pursues Nazi war criminal Luther (Cyril Shaps), currently hiding out in post-war London. With the realisation he has been tracked down, the desperate former Auschwitz commandant flees to a sleazy nightclub where he is helped by Jewish chanteuse Jenny (Susan Denny), a Holocaust survivor unaware of Luther's true identity.
Cast
- Cyril Shaps as Luther
- Francis Matthews as David
- Susan Denny as Jenny
- Sheldon Lawrence as Rico
- George Murcell as Freddy
- John Gabriel as Wally
- Tony Doonan as Wilmo
- Steve Plytas as Petersen
- André Mikhelson as Von Krosig (as Andre Mikhelson)
- Alexis Chesnakov as Lunde
- Reginald Marsh as Inspector
- Charles Hill as Murcher
- Theodore Wilhelm as Parris
- Gertan Klauber as Bernstein
- Richard Marner as Aranson
- Ann Hanslip as Miss Collins
Critical reception
The Radio Times wrote "The arrest and trial of Adolf Eichmann made the pursuit of Nazi war criminals a fitting topic for thrillers such as this ...Never more than a B-movie, it's worth seeing for its treatment of its subject and for the performance of Cyril Shaps, a B-movie regular who specialised in playing foreigners."[5]
References
- ↑ "The Pursuers (1962)". BFI.
- ↑ "The Pursuers (1961) - Godfrey Grayson | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1990). Leonard Maltin's TV Movies and Video Guide. New American Library. ISBN 978-0-451-16748-4. Search this book on
- ↑ Pykett, Derek. MGM British Studios: Hollywood in Borehamwood: Celebrating 100 Years of the Film Studios of Elstree/ Borehamwood, 1914–2014. BearManor Media. Search this book on
- ↑ "The Pursuers (1961)". Radio Times.
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