Clegg (also known as The Bullet Machine, Clegg Private Eye and Harry and the Hookers) is a 1970 British crime film directed by Lindsay Shonteff and starring Gilbert Wynne,[1] in his first starring film role. It was written by Lewis J. Hagleton.
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| Directed by | Lindsay Shonteff |
| Written by | Lewis J. Hagleton |
| Produced by | Lindsay Shonteff (credited as Lewis J. Force) |
| Starring | Gilbert Wynne Norman Claridge Gilly Grant |
| Cinematography | John C. Taylor |
| Edited by | Jackson Bowdell |
| Music by | Paul Ferris |
Production company | Lindsay Shonteff Film Productions |
| Distributed by | Tigon Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editEx-policeman and now private detective Harry Clegg is hired by wealthy businessman Lord Cruickshank to investigate a death-threat letter he has received, which leads to a string of murders, some by Clegg himself.
Cast
edit- Gilbert Wynne as Harry Clegg
- Norman Claridge as Lord Cruickshank
- Gilly Grant as Suzy the Slag
- Gary Hope as Wildman
- Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Inspector Kert
- Michael Nightingale as Col. Sullivan
- A. J. Brown as Joseph Valentine
- Noel Davis as manager
- Margery Mason as neighbour
- Sue Bond as panties girl
Production
editThe film was shot in various locations around London including the Docklands and Highgate Cemetery, as well as in Paris.[citation needed]
Critical reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A pathetic attempt to transplant the private eye thriller to the British scene, high on violence and low on style. The hero's attempts to deliver his sub-Chandlerian wisecracks with the weary cynicism of a Philip Marlowe are merely embarrassing, while Lindsay Shonteff's idea of direction seems to be to squeeze in as many massive close-ups of guns, telephones and osculating lips as possible. 'It happens in all the Bogart movies,' says Clegg at one point: the trouble is that there it happens so much better."[2]
References
edit- ^ "Clegg". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Clegg". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 36 (420): 265. 1 January 1969 – via ProQuest.
External links
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