Director: Basil Dearden
Cast: John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Barbara Mullen,
Plot: The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
Crime, class and noir in ’50s British cinema
Three black-and-white British films reflect social change in the post-war years with varying degrees of success in excellent new 4K restorations. Basil Dearden’s The Gentle Gunman (1952) addresses the history of English oppression in […]