Dick Barton Strikes Back
- Anthony Hinds
- Mae Murray
- Don Stannard
- Sebastian Cabot
Frank Spencer
company
- 3 June 1949 (1949-06-03) (United Kingdom)
- 4 May 1950 (1950-05-04) (United States)
Dick Barton Strikes Back is a 1949 British spy film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Don Stannard. [1] It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about agent Dick Barton, although it was the second released.[2]
Plot
Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his associate Snowey White, uncover a spyring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not, the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.
Title
The film's title during production was Dick Barton and the Silent Plague.[3]
Cast
- Don Stannard as Dick Barton
- Bruce Walker as Snowey White
- Sebastian Cabot as Fouracada
- James Raglan as Lord Armadale
- Jean Lodge as Tina
- Morris Sweden as Robert Creston
- John Harvey as Major Henderson
- Humphrey Kent as Colonel Gardener
- Sidney Vivian as Inspector Burke
- Tony Morelli as Nicholas
- George Crawford as Alex
- Larry Taylor as Nick (as Laurie Taylor)
Critical reception
Mystery File wrote: "This is a little kid's idea of a Spy Movie, with transparent trickery, obvious "surprise" villains and character development just below the level of a CLUE game, but it was clearly also the precursor of the James Bond films, with the suave, hard-fighting hero flung in and out of the clutches of sinister villains and predatory females with equal aplomb. It's a time-waster, sure, but a fun thing, with death rays, a sinister carnival and a really gripping final set-to up and down a (rather unsettlingly phallic) tower."[4] The Spinning Image found "an excellent example of pure pulp cinema, Dick Barton Strikes Back is solidly entertaining and never flags, right up to the finish line."[5] TV Guide called it "the best of the three Dick Barton films".[6]
References
- ^ "Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)". BFI. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) - Godfrey Grayson - Review". AllMovie.
- ^ Bruce G. Hallenbeck, British Cult Cinema: Hammer Fantasy and Sci-Fi, Hemlock Books 2011 p46
- ^ "» A Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: DICK BARTON STRIKES BACK (1949)".
- ^ "Dick Barton Strikes Back Review (1949)". www.thespinningimage.co.uk.
- ^ "Dick Barton Strikes Back - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
External links
- Dick Barton Strikes Back at IMDb
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