Vengeance Is Mine (1949 film) explained

Vengeance Is Mine is a 1949 British second feature^[1] crime drama film directed by Alan Cullimore and starring Valentine Dyall, Anne Firth and Richard Goolden.^[2]

Plot

Charles Heywood is a wrongly imprisoned businessman who is told by his doctors that he is dying. He constructs an elaborate plan to hire a hitman to kill him and then frame his former partner, who put him behind bars.

Cast

• Valentine Dyall as Charles Heywood
• Anne Firth as Linda Farrell
• Richard Goolden as Sammy Parsons
• Sam Kydd as Stacy
• Ethel Coleridge as Mrs Briggs
• Patsy Drake as Patsy
• Alexander Wright as the doctor
• Russell Westwood as Cass
• Manville Tarrant as man
• Alex Graham as barman
• John Hart as barman
• Arthur Brander as Richard Kemp
• Roland Caswell as Police Sargeant
• Michael Bird as policeman
• Bob Connor as garage man
• Betty Taylor as the little girl

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin said "This absurd story is not helped by the lugubrious playing of Valentine Dyall as Charles; overstressing of the comic relief and third-rate acting destroy any remaining likelihood of reality."^[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "poor", writing: "Absurd thriller: even the cast don't seem enthusiastic."^[4]

References

1. Book: Chibnall, Steve . The British 'B' Film . McFarlane . Brian . . 2009 . 978-1-8445-7319-6 . London . 37.
2. Web site: Vengeance Is Mine . 21 November 2023 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
3. 1949 . Vengeance Is Mine . . 16 . 181 . 137 . ProQuest.
4. Book: Quinlan, David . British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 . . 1984 . 0-7134-1874-5 . London . 257.

External links

• • Vengeance Is Mine at ReelStreets