Clegg | |
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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 |
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.
Ex-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.
The film was shot in various locations around London including the Docklands and Highgate Cemetery, as well as in Paris.[ citation needed]
The 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]
Clegg | |
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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 |
|
Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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.
Ex-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.
The film was shot in various locations around London including the Docklands and Highgate Cemetery, as well as in Paris.[ citation needed]
The 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]