Depth Charge (film)

Depth Charge
Directed byJeremy Summers
Written byJeremy Summers
Kenneth Talbott
Produced byJames Mellor
Kenneth Talbot
Starring
CinematographyAlan McCabe
Kenneth Talbot
Music byStephen Dodgson
Production
company
President Pictures
Distributed byBritish Lion
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Depth Charge is a 1960 British drama film directed by Jeremy Summers and starring Alex McCrindle, David Orr and Elliot Playfair.[1][2] It was written by Summers and Kenneth Talbott, and was B Film shot partly on location in Berwickshire, and released by British Lion Films.

Plot

A Scottish trawler lands an unexploded depth charge. The local lifeboat brings Bomb Squad officer Lieutenant Forrester on board. The crew is taken onto the lifeboat while deckhand Jamie stays to assist Forrester defuse the bomb. The sea is rough, and after Forrester successfully makes the bomb safe, Jamie is swept overboard.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: This unpretentious but effective semi-documentary is based on fact, with natural and quite persuasive acting in keeping with the film's style. Some of the detail lacks the ring of conviction which is otherwise generally in evidence: the vessel's pitching is sometimes and conveniently forgotten during the dismantling scenes, which are overstrung here and there in an attempt to heighten suspense; also, and not for the first time, railway scenes result in faulty observation, But in the main Depth Charge is an agreeable pocket feature of an invigorating and much-needed kind. The photography, particularly in the introductory sequences, is notable."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Depth Charge". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
  2. ^ Murphy, Robert (2006). Directors in British and Irish Cinema: A Reference Companion. British Film Institute. p. 575. ISBN 978-1844571260.
  3. ^ "Depth Charge". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 142. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.