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Clegg
Clegg
	U.K. theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lindsay Shonteff
Written by	Lewis J. Hagleton
Produced by	Lindsay Shonteff (credited as Lewis J. Force)
Starring	Gilbert Wynne; Norman Claridge; Gilly Grant
Cinematography	John C. Taylor
Edited by	Jackson Bowdell
Music by	Paul Ferris
Production; company	Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions
Distributed by	Tigon Films
Release date	1970;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Clegg (also known as The Bullet Machine, Clegg Private Eye and Harry and the Hookers) is a 1970 British crime film directed by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Gilbert Wynne,^[1] in his first starring film role. It was written by Lewis J. Hagleton.

Plot

Ex-policeman and now private detective Harry Clegg is hired by wealthy businessman Lord Cruickshank to investigate a death-threat letter he has received, which leads to a string of murders, some by Clegg himself.

Cast

Gilbert Wynne as Harry Clegg
Norman Claridge as Lord Cruickshank
Gilly Grant as Suzy the Slag
Gary Hope as Wildman
Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Kert
Michael Nightingale as Col. Sullivan
A. J. Brown as Joseph Valentine
Noel Davis as manager
Margery Mason as neighbour
Sue Bond as panties girl

Production

The film was shot in various locations around London including the Docklands and Highgate Cemetery, as well as in Paris.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A pathetic attempt to transplant the private eye thriller to the British scene, high on violence and low on style. The hero's attempts to deliver his sub-Chandlerian wisecracks with the weary cynicism of a Philip Marlowe are merely embarrassing, while Lindsay Shonteff's idea of direction seems to be to squeeze in as many massive close-ups of guns, telephones and osculating lips as possible. 'It happens in all the Bogart movies,' says Clegg at one point: the trouble is that there it happens so much better."^[2]

References

^ "Clegg". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
^ "Clegg". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 36 (420): 265. 1 January 1969 – via ProQuest.