| Clash by Night | |
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| Directed by | Montgomery Tully |
| Screenplay by | Montgomery Tully Maurice J. Wilson |
| Based on | Clash by Night 1962 novel by Rupert Croft-Cooke |
| Produced by | Maurice J. Wilson |
| Starring | Terence Longdon Jennifer Jayne Harry Fowler Peter Sallis |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Maurice Rootes |
| Music by | John Veale |
Production company | Eternal Films |
| Distributed by | Grand National Pictures |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
For the 1952 Fritz Lang film of the same name see Clash by Night.
Clash by Night (released in the US as Escape by Night) is a 1963 British crime thriller film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Terence Longdon and Jennifer Jayne. .[1] It is based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Rupert Croft-Cooke.
Plot
A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue one of their gang. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and the other occupants of the bus are locked in a barn. To give the gang leader plenty of time to escape, he tells everone – two prison officers, the driver and five prisoners – that the barn has been doused in petrol, and that two gang members will stay behind outside to guard it, and will set fire to the straw-filled building if anyone tries to escape. The prisoners and officers start to interact, but soon find they may be in danger from yet another source.
Cast
- Terence Longdon as Martin Lord
- Jennifer Jayne as Nita Lord
- Harry Fowler as Doug Roberts
- Alan Wheatley as Ronald Grey-Simmons
- Peter Sallis as Victor Lush
- John Arnatt as Inspector Croft
- Hilda Fenemore as Mrs. Peel
- Arthur Lovegrove as Ernie Peel
- Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Grey-Simmons
- Richard Carpenter as Danny Watts
- Mark Dignam as Sydney Selwyn
- Robert Brown as Mawsley
- Stanley Meadows as George Brett
- Tom Bowman as Bart Rennison
- Ray Austin as the intruder
- William Simons as guard outside barn (uncredited)
- Geoffrey Denton as station sergeant (uncredited)
Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Despite the coincidences on which so much of the story depends, this is a fairly entertaining thriller, briskly developed and with well-written dialogue."[2]
References
- ↑ "Clash by Night". British Film Institute. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ↑ "Clash by Night". Monthly Film Bulletin. 32 (372): 24. 1 January 1965.
External links
- Clash by Night at IMDb
- Clash by Night at AllMovie
- Clash by Night at the TCM Movie Database
- Clash by Night at ReelStreets