The End of the Line | |
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Directed by | Charles Saunders |
Screenplay by | Paul Erickson |
Story by | Paul Erickson |
Produced by | Guido Coen |
Starring |
Alan Baxter Barbara Shelley Arthur Gomez Jennifer Jayne |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | Tom Simpson |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company | A Fortress Film Production |
Distributed by |
Eros Films (UK) Jerome Balsam Films Inc.(US) |
Release dates |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The End of the Line is a 1957 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne and Jennifer Jayne. [2] It was released in the USA in 1959. [3]
Mike Selby, an American author living in England gets involved with the wife of a jewel fence, who persuades Mike to rob her husband, whilst at the same time giving him a fake alibi. But soon after the robbery when the jewel fence winds up dead, Mike begins to get blackmailed.
It was made at Southall Studios in West London. [4]
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime story with a highly unconvincing plot which relies heavily on coincidence, this film sticks carefully to stereotyped lines. The acting throughout is remarkably poor." [5]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Very far-fetched, stickily acted thriller." [6]