The Weapon (1957)
The Weapon is a loose grouping of elements first seen in the 1951 British melodrama The Yellow Balloon. Jon Whitely plays a young London boy who finds a loaded gun in a blitzed-out building. He fires, accidentally shooting a playmate. Believing he's killed his friend, the boy runs away--leading to a relentlessly suspenseful climax. Though filmed in England, The Weapon was geared from the start for primarily American audiences; its producer was Hollywood's own Hal E. Chester, and its adult stars included Steve Cochran and Lizabeth Scott. The script was written by Fred Freiberger, best known to sci-fi followers as the producer of the original Star Trek's third and final season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Steve Cochran, Lizabeth Scott, (more)
- Director(s):
- Val Guest
Synopsis of The Weapon
The Weapon is a loose grouping of elements first seen in the 1951 British melodrama The Yellow Balloon. Jon Whitely plays a young London boy who finds a loaded gun in a blitzed-out building. He fires, accidentally shooting a playmate. Believing he's killed his friend, the boy runs away--leading to a relentlessly suspenseful climax. Though filmed in England, The Weapon was geared from the start for primarily American audiences; its producer was Hollywood's own Hal E. Chester, and its adult stars included Steve Cochran and Lizabeth Scott. The script was written by Fred Freiberger, best known to sci-fi followers as the producer of the original Star Trek's third and final season. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Weapon
- Steve Cochran - Mark Andrews
- Herbert Marshall - Inspector Mackenzie
- Jon Whiteley - Erik Jenner
- Laurence Naismith - Jamison
- Dennis Shaw - Groggins
- Basil Dignam
- Richard Goolden
- Frazer Hines
- Joan Schofield
- Roland Brand
- Ryck Rydon
- Arthur Lovegrove
- Lizabeth Scott - Elsa Jenner
- Nicole Maurey - Vivienne
- George Cole - Joshua Henry
- Stanley Maxted - Colonel
- Fred Johnson - Fitzsimmons
- Felix Felton
- Peter Godsell
- Peter Augustine
- Myrtle Reed
- Vivian Matalon
- John Horsley - Johnson
- Director(s):
- Val Guest
- Writer(s):
- Fred Freiberger
- Producer(s):
- Frank Bevis
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