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Track The Man Down
''Track the Man Down'' is a 1955 British drama film directed by R. G. Springsteen, and starring Kent Taylor, Petula Clark, and George Rose.Martin p. 207 The melodramatic crime caper centers on a robbery at a greyhound racetrack that results in the unintentional murder of a guard. The perpetrator leaves the loot with his girl friend, commandeers a motorcoach bound for Southampton, and holds hostage its diverse array of passengers, including an American newspaper reporter and the girl friend's resourceful sister. The film, the second made by Republic Pictures' British production company, makes good use of London's Victoria Station and locations along the banks of the River Thames. It was made at Walton Studios with sets designed by the art director John Stoll. Cast * Kent Taylor as John Ford * Petula Clark as June Dennis * George Rose as Rick Lambert * Kenneth Griffith as Ken Orwell * Ursula Howells as Mary Dennis * Walter Rilla as Austin Melford * Renée Houston as Pat Sher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Erickson (screenwriter)
Paul Erickson (22 November 1920 – 27 October 1991) was a British screenwriter, most active in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Erickson contributed generally single episodes to a wide variety of British television shows, most typically of the crime drama genre, although he did occasionally generate science fiction scripts. In the 1950s, he would have generally been considered a B movie or telemovie writer, offering theatrical audiences such work as ''Track the Man Down'', ''Secret Venture'', and ''Three Steps to the Gallows''. By the 1960s, however, his work was almost exclusively for episodic and anthologic television. He sold three scripts for the third season of '' The Saint'', adapted William Tenn's short story, " Time in Advance", for ''Out of the Unknown'', wrote '' The Ark'' for '' Doctor Who'', and contributed to '' The Inside Man'' and ''Paul Temple''. In the 1980s he novelised his ''Doctor Who'' story ''The Ark'' for Target Books. Personal life In 1951, he mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stoll
John Stoll (13 December 1913 – 25 June 1990) was a British art director. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Lawrence of Arabia''. During the 1950s, he worked largely on low-budget British feature films. Selected filmography * '' Glad Tidings'' (1953) * '' Flannelfoot'' (1953) * '' What Every Woman Wants'' (1954) * ''The Sleeping Tiger'' (1954) * '' The Crowded Day'' (1954) * '' Radio Cab Murder'' (1954) * '' The Green Carnation'' (1954) * ''The Black Rider'' (1954) * '' The Harassed Hero'' (1954) * '' The Scarlet Web'' (1954) * '' The Happiness of Three Women'' (1954) * ''Where There's a Will'' (1955) * '' Marilyn'' (1955) * '' Keep It Clean'' (1956) * '' Passport to Treason'' (1956) * '' A Touch of the Sun'' (1956) * '' No Road Back'' (1957) * '' West of Suez'' (1957) * ''That Woman Opposite'' (1957) * '' The Camp on Blood Island'' (1958) * '' A Cry from the Streets'' (1958) * '' I Only Arsked!'' (1958) * '' Light Up the Sky!'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Shot In London
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By R
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Pictures Films
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication. The political legitimacy and authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy ..." and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, the term was used to imply a state with a Democracy, democratic or Representative democracy, representative constitution (constitutional republic), but more recently it has also been used of autocratic or dictatorial states not ruled by a monarch. It is now chiefly used to denote any non-monarchical state headed by an elected or appointed president. , List of countries by system of government, 159 of the world's List of sovereign states, 206 sovereign states use the word "republ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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