The End of the Line (1957 film)

The End of the Line
U.S.A. poster
Directed byCharles Saunders
Screenplay byPaul Erickson
Story byPaul Erickson
Produced byGuido Coen
StarringAlan Baxter
Barbara Shelley
Arthur Gomez
Jennifer Jayne
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byTom Simpson
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
A Fortress Film Production
Distributed byEros Films (UK)
Jerome Balsam Films Inc.(USA)
Release dates
  • December 1957 (1957-12) (UK)
  • 1959 (1959) (US)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The End of the Line is a 1957 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne and Jennifer Jayne.[2] The screenplay was by Paul Erickson. It was released in the USA in 1959.[3]

Plot

Mike Selby, an American author living in England gets involved with the wife of a jewel fence, who persuades Mike to rob her husband, whilst at the same time giving him a fake alibi. But soon after the robbery when the jewel fence winds up dead, Mike begins to get blackmailed.

Cast

Production

It was made at Southall Studios, now in Greater London.[4]

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime story with a highly unconvincing plot which relies heavily on coincidence, this film sticks carefully to stereotyped lines. The acting throughout is remarkably poor."[5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very far-fetched, stickily acted thriller."[6]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "The End of the Line". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "The End of the Line (1959) - Charles Saunders - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. ^ "The End of the Line (1958)". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017.
  5. ^ "The End of the Line". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 20. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 306. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.