There Is Another Sun
- Maxwell Reed
- Laurence Harvey
- Susan Shaw
- Wilkie Cooper
- Dudley Lovell
- Butcher's Film Service (UK)
- Realart Pictures (US)
- 12 June 1951 (1951-06-12)
- 17 May 1952 (1952-05-17) (US)
There Is Another Sun (U.S. title: Wall of Death) is a 1951 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Maxwell Reed, Laurence Harvey and Susan Shaw.[1] It was produced by Ernest G. Roy.
Cast
- Maxwell Reed as Eddie 'Racer' Peskett
- Laurence Harvey as Mag Maguire
- Susan Shaw as Lillian
- Leslie Dwyer as Mick Foley
- Meredith Edwards as Detective Sergeant Bratcher
- Hermione Baddeley as Gypsy Sarah, fortune-teller
- Robert Adair as Sarno
- Leslie Bradley as racetrack manager
- Eric Pohlmann as Markie, club owner
- Nosher Powell as Teddy Green, champ boxer
- Earl Cameron as Ginger Jones, carnival boxer
- Dennis Vance as Len Tyldesley
- Laurence Naismith as Riley, Green's trainer
- Charles Farrell as Mr. Simmons, fight promoter
- Wilfred Burns as pianist
- Harry Fowler as first novice biker
- Jennifer Jayne as Dora, Lil's friend at Markie's
- Arthur Mullard as Harry, boxing booth contestant
- Hal Osmond as Mannock
- J.H. Messham as 1st Wall of Death rider
- Jim Kynaston as 2nd Wall of Death rider
- Tom Messham as 3rd Wall of Death rider
Production
The film was shot at Walton Studios, with sets designed by the art director George Provis.
Critical reception
The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "There's nothing new in the story and the performances of Maxwell Reed and Laurence Harvey have little to commend them. But director Lewis Gilbert's thoroughly nasty atmosphere conjured up in a place dedicated to enjoyment makes this unusually effective movie worth watching."[2]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Gloomy, depressing number; long too."[3]
Leslie Halliwell said: "Glum quickie which was oddly popular."[4]
References
- ^ "There Is Another Sun". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ Radio Times Guide to Films (18th ed.). London: Immediate Media Company. 2017. p. 922. ISBN 9780992936440.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 385. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ^ Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 1008. ISBN 0586088946.
External links
- There Is Another Sun at AllMovie
- There Is Another Sun at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- There Is Another Sun at IMDb
- There Is Another Sun at the TCM Movie Database
- There Is Another Sun then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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