October Moth

October Moth
Directed byJohn Kruse
Screenplay byJohn Kruse
Produced byLeslie Parkyn
Julian Wintle
StarringLana Morris
Lee Patterson
CinematographyMichael Reed
Edited byRalph Sheldon
Music byHumphrey Searle
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • September 1960 (1960-09) (UK)
Running time
54 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

October Moth is a 1960 British second feature[2] drama film directed and written by John Kruse and starring Lana Morris and Lee Patterson.[3]

Plot

In an isolated Yorkshire farm house, a deranged young man imagines a car crash victim is his long deceased mother. Meanwhile, his sister Molly attempts to summon help for the unconscious woman, but against her brother's wishes.

Cast

Production

The film was made at Beaconsfield Studios for distribution by Rank.[4]

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "Had this been done with some sensitivity, it could have been an interesting drama. However, the treatment here is depressing, catering to the basest elements of melodramatic structure, and it ends up a second-rate production."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Resolutely glum."[6]

Leslie Halliwell said: "Unattractive and singularly pointless little melodrama which neither edifies nor entertains."[7]

Film historian Laura Mayne called the film "an atmospheric thriller which follows a mentally unstable young farmer as he kidnaps a woman whom he believes to be his dead mother. He holds her hostage in a farmhouse with his terrified sister while he plays out his dark, Oedipal fantasies. The film is expressionistic in its use of light and shadow, while jarring camerawork lends credence to Lee Patterson's portrayal of a tormented young man, aesthetic qualities that are rarely associated with this level of production.[8]

References

  1. ^ "OCTOBER MOTH - British Board of Film Classification".
  2. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ^ "October Moth". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ "October Moth (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "October Moth". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 19 April 2017.
  6. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 355. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  7. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 746. ISBN 0586088946.
  8. ^ Mayne, Laura (31 August 2016). "Whatever happened to the British 'B' movie? Micro-budget film-making and the death of the one-hour supporting feature in the early 1960s". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 37 (3).


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