• Source: Man from Tangier

      • Man from Tangier (U.S. title: Thunder over Tangier) is a 1957 British second feature crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni and Martin Benson. It was written by Paddy Manning O'Brine.


      Plot


      A criminal flees from Tangier to London with forged money plates, leading to the gang he works for sending a dangerous woman to pursue him.


      Main cast


      Robert Hutton as Chuck Collins
      Lisa Gastoni as Michele
      Martin Benson as Voss
      Derek Sydney as Darracq
      Leonard Sachs as Heinrich
      Emerton Court as Armstrong
      Richard Shaw as Johnny
      Robert Raglan as Inspector Meredith
      Harold Berens as Sammy
      Jack Allen as Rex
      Michael Balfour as Spade Murphy
      Frank Forsyth as Sergeant Irons
      Reginald Hearne as Walters
      Fred Lake as hotel porter
      Alex Gallier as Max
      Marianne Stone as woman in hotel
      Ronnie Clark as Coster


      Releases


      Man in Tangier was cut by the British Board of Film Classification to 67 minutes running time, in order to achieve a "U" classification. The film premiered at Odeon Marble Arch in London on 27 January 1957, where it ran as a double bill together with Monkey on My Back (1957).
      In April 2011 the film was released on DVD as a double bill together with director Lance Comfort's 1961 film The Breaking Point.


      Critical reception


      The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A fairly competent thriller, in which the upholders of the law are considerably more convincing than the crooks, with their alternating foreign and public-school accents. The story is very vaguely constructed; initially there seems very little reason for introducing Tangier; towards the end the action is almost incoherent."
      In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Lots of huff and puff bursts paper-thin plot."
      The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "This barely acceptable B-thriller was made at a time when British cinemas habitually ran supporting features to give you time to buy your soft drinks and popcorn."


      References




      External links


      Man from Tangier at IMDb

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