Cloudburst (1951)
Teeny-tiny Hammer pictures built its reputation on second-feature melodramas before graduating to gore-encrusted horror epics. Cloudburst is a low-key thriller starring American actor Robert Preston, whose casting assured a certain degree of business in the States. Preston plays a code expert, resettled in England after the war and working at the British Foreign Office. One morning, Preston's wife is struck down and killed by a car driven by escaping criminals. Preston bypasses the efforts of Scotland Yard and pursues the criminals himself, using his codebreaking skills to track down the "big boys" in charge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Preston, Elizabeth Sellars, (more)
- Director(s):
- Francis Searle
Synopsis of Cloudburst
Teeny-tiny Hammer pictures built its reputation on second-feature melodramas before graduating to gore-encrusted horror epics. Cloudburst is a low-key thriller starring American actor Robert Preston, whose casting assured a certain degree of business in the States. Preston plays a code expert, resettled in England after the war and working at the British Foreign Office. One morning, Preston's wife is struck down and killed by a car driven by escaping criminals. Preston bypasses the efforts of Scotland Yard and pursues the criminals himself, using his codebreaking skills to track down the "big boys" in charge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Cloudburst
- Robert Preston - John Graham
- Colin Tapley - Inspector Davis
- Harold Lang - Mickie Fraser
- Thomas Heathcote - Jackie
- Lynn Evans - Chuck Peters
- James Mills - Thompson
- Edward Lexy - Cardew
- Robert Brown - Carter
- Gerald Case - Doctor
- Stanley Baker - Milkman
- Elizabeth Sellars - Carol Graham
- Sheila Burrell - Lorna Dawson
- Mary Germaine - Peggy
- George Woodbridge - Sgt. Ritchie
- Edith Sharpe - Mr. Reece
- Daphne Anderson - Kate
- Noel Howlett - Johnson
- Charles Saynor - Constable
- Frederic Steger - Porter
- Martin Boddey - Desk Sergeant
- Director(s):
- Francis Searle
- Writer(s):
- Francis Searle, Leo Marks
- Producer(s):
- Anthony Hinds, Alexander Paal
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