Break in the Circle

Break in the Circle
British quad poster
Directed byVal Guest
Written byVal Guest
Based onnovel by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine)
Produced byMichael Carreras
StarringForrest Tucker
Eva Bartok
Marius Goring
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byBill Lenny
Music byDoreen Carwithen
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films
Release date
  • 28 February 1955 (1955-02-28)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Break in the Circle is a 1955 British crime film directed by Val Guest and starring Forrest Tucker, Eva Bartok, Marius Goring and Guy Middleton. It was written by Guest based on the 1951 novel The Break in The Circle by Robin Estridge (as Philip Loraine). Doreen Carwithen composed the score for the film.

Plot

An adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West.

Cast

Production

It was the first feature for Michael Carreras and was shot on location in Polperro,[1] London, and Hamburg.[2]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Break in the Circle is a schoolboy adventure yarn, moving quite fast along heavily American-influenced lines. Occasionally, however, the profusion of bullets, fights and escapes strains the credibility necessary even to this type of entertainment. The characters are stock inventions and are played as such, and the dialogue (notably that of the hero) deals too freely in a stale wisecracking idiom. Efficient use is made of the location backgrounds, and the quality of the colour is good. A rousing romp for the unsophisticated."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Break in the Circle". Reelstreets. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ^ Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
  3. ^ "Break in the Circle". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 22 (252): 56. 1 January 1955 – via ProQuest.


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