Jump to content

Kill Her Gently

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kill Her Gently
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Saunders
Written byPaul Erickson
Produced byGuido Coen
StarringGriffith Jones
Maureen Connell
Marc Lawrence
George Mikell
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byMarjorie Saunders
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
company
Fortress Film Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures UK
Release dates
  • December 1957 (1957-12) (UK)
  • October 1958 (1958-10) (USA)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Kill Her Gently is a 1957 British second feature[1] thriller film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell and Marc Lawrence.[2] It was written by Paul Erickson.

Plot

[edit]

A motorist picks up two convicts who have just escaped from prison. He recognises the men from descriptions given of them on the radio. He hires them to murder his wife. The plan goes wrong, and he and the convicts meet their doom.

Cast

[edit]

Critical reception

[edit]

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The emphatic style needed to sustain this implausible thriller (made some time ago and now severely cut) is not forthcoming in the anaemic performances of the cast, so that interest rests with the five deaths scattered liberally throughout the story."[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Dreary thriller, severely cut before its release in 1960."[4]

British film critic Leslie Halliwell said: "Very mild and unmemorable thriller."[5]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Kill Her Gently". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Kill Her Gently". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 9. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 333. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  5. ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 556. ISBN 0586088946.
[edit]