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The Weapon (1956)
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Jon Whiteley
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Length: 77 minutes
Premise: In post war London among the bombed out ruins, a boy (Jon Whiteley) finds a hidden gun. Scared the boy runs away and goes into hiding. The gun turns out to be the missing clue in a 10 year old murder case. Both an American Army investigator (Steve Cochran) and a shady underworld man chase the boy down. Meanwhile his mother (Lizabeth Scott) is frantic to get her son back.
Review: What a neat find this film was! The Weapon is a little known British film, shot on location in the bombed out ruins of post war London. It's a tight, well done, unpretentious suspense thriller. Hitchcock fans and those who love classic British suspense films should definitely watch it. The story is told straight forward without the usual twist and turns. The opening scene powerfully hits the viewer straight in the gut.
The Weapon was Lizabeth Scott's second to last feature film. Lizabeth was a mainstay in film noirs playing the throaty, blonde femme fatale. She expertly plays a heartbroken mother who's wrought with worry over her missing son.
Jon Whiteley plays the hapless boy who's running scared. He doesn't have many lines, he doesn't need them...his facial expressions relay what we need to know.
The male lead is Scott Cochran, who does an fine job in his role. As does the British actor Herbert Marshall.
What I enjoyed most about the film was the tight story line, the acting and the actual scenes of post war London. This little known gem deserves a closer look.
Director: Val Guest
Cast: Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, Herbert Marshall, Jon Whiteley
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Length: 77 minutes
Premise: In post war London among the bombed out ruins, a boy (Jon Whiteley) finds a hidden gun. Scared the boy runs away and goes into hiding. The gun turns out to be the missing clue in a 10 year old murder case. Both an American Army investigator (Steve Cochran) and a shady underworld man chase the boy down. Meanwhile his mother (Lizabeth Scott) is frantic to get her son back.
Review: What a neat find this film was! The Weapon is a little known British film, shot on location in the bombed out ruins of post war London. It's a tight, well done, unpretentious suspense thriller. Hitchcock fans and those who love classic British suspense films should definitely watch it. The story is told straight forward without the usual twist and turns. The opening scene powerfully hits the viewer straight in the gut.
The Weapon was Lizabeth Scott's second to last feature film. Lizabeth was a mainstay in film noirs playing the throaty, blonde femme fatale. She expertly plays a heartbroken mother who's wrought with worry over her missing son.
Jon Whiteley plays the hapless boy who's running scared. He doesn't have many lines, he doesn't need them...his facial expressions relay what we need to know.
The male lead is Scott Cochran, who does an fine job in his role. As does the British actor Herbert Marshall.
What I enjoyed most about the film was the tight story line, the acting and the actual scenes of post war London. This little known gem deserves a closer look.