The Betrayal (1957 film)

The Betrayal
Directed by	Ernest Morris
Written by	Brian Clemens Eldon Howard
Produced by	Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger
Starring	Philip Friend Diana Decker
Music by	Leon Young
Production company	Danziger Productions
Release date	1957 (1957)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Betrayal is a low-budget 1957 British film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Philip Friend and Diana Decker.^[1] The screenplay was by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard.^[2]

Plot

Michael McCall is a former World War II pilot who was blinded while imprisoned by the Nazis. While imprisoned he was betrayed by one of his fellow officers. As he is now unable to identify the traitor by sight, McCall is aided in his search by model Janet Hillyer.

Cast

• Philip Friend as Michael McCall
• Diana Decker as Janet Hillyer
• Philip Saville as Bartel
• Peter Bathurst as Inspector Baring
• Peter Burton as Tony Adams
• Ballard Berkeley as Lawson
• Harold Lang as Clay
• John Stuart as War Crimes Commissioner
• Ferdy Mayne as Freddie

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "There is a promising theme for a Hitchcock thriller here; but no Hitchcock to make it. The result is that there is some rather violent and evident wrenching of the plot to involve the blind man in tight corners and then to extricate him again. The only really interesting point – whether McCall will forgo his revenge when he catches up with Bartel – is muffed by the entry of the police."^[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Almost believable thriller doesn't quite make it."^[4]

References

1. "The Betrayal". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
2. "The Betrayal (1957)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-13.
3. "The Betrayal". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 33. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
4. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 283. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

External links

• The Betrayal at IMDb