A Gun for George is a 2011 short film written, directed by and starring Matthew Holness.[1] It centres on Terry Finch (Holness), a down on his luck pulp-fiction crime writer who is angry at the world and haunted by the murder of his brother George by local gangsters.[2] Finch is the author of a series of violent novelettes featuring Bob Shuter, aka 'The Reprisalizer',[3] an urban vigilante who preys upon the criminals of east Kent.

A Gun for George
Video cover
Directed byMatthew Holness
Written byMatthew Holness
Produced byPeter Carlton
Ally Gipps
StarringMatthew Holness
CinematographyDavid Rom
Edited byNick Fenton
Music byAlan Hawkshaw
Ron Geesin
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis
Distributed byWarp Films and Film4
Release date
  • 18 May 2011 (2011-05-18)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The title of the film refers to Finch's brother and also to the name he gave to the Austin Allegro that Terry inherited from him. Finch frequently refers to features of the Austin Allegro such as the "quartic" steering wheel and its hydragas suspension system.

A Gun for George was produced by Warp Films and Film4.

References

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  1. ^ Tim Robey (8 November 2012). "Films in brief: Alps, People Like Us, The Joy of Six, Mother's Milk". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  2. ^ "A Gun For George". Film4. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  3. ^ "The Reprizalizer website". Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
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