Feet of Clay is a 1960 British crime film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Vincent Ball, Wendy Williams and Hilda Fenemore.[1][2] It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers.
| Feet of Clay | |
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| Directed by | Frank Marshall |
| Written by | Mark Grantham |
| Produced by | Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger |
| Starring | Vincent Ball Wendy Williams |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Desmond Saunders |
| Music by | Bill Le Sage |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editA newly barred lawyer represents a confessed murderer of a beloved probation officer, but all is not as it seems.
Cast
edit- Vincent Ball as David Kyle
- Wendy Williams as Fay Kent
- Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Clarke
- Robert Cawdron as Saunders
- Brian Smith as Jimmy Fuller
- Angela Douglas as Diana White
- Jack Melford as Soames
- Sandra Alfred as Ginny
- Arnold Bell as magistrate
- Alan Browning as Inspector Gill
- David Courtney as Det. Sgt. Lewis
- Howard Lang as warder
- Edith Saville as Angela Richmond
- Ian Wilson as signwriter
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Drearily predictable mystery film, made with undisguised poverty of means and invention poverty."[3]
The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe Feet of Clay as "oddly compelling", "set in a world of prison, drab night streets and stuffy private hotels". At the ending, "once the final flurry of fisticuffs is over, the young lovers embrace, but the acrid atmosphere of the film still hovers over their union".[4]
References
edit- ^ "Feet of Clay". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Feet of Clay". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 23. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 95.
External links
edit- Feet of Clay at IMDb
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