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

Joan Rice as Jill Holden
Sheldon Lawrence as Ross Waters
Dorothy Brewster as Angela
Ellen Pollock as Mrs Cheam
Victor Brooks as Superintendent Leigh
Alan Keith as Doctor Ian Probus
Arthur Gomez as Sergeant Bowles

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

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