Man of Violence
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| Man of Violence | |
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![](#/media/File:"Man_of_Violence"_poster.jpg) BFI DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Pete Walker |
| Written by | Brian Comport Pete Walker |
| Produced by | Pete Walker |
| Starring | Michael Latimer Luan Peters Derek Aylward |
| Cinematography | Norman G. Langley |
| Edited by | Peter Austen-Hunt |
| Music by | Cyril Ornadel |
| Distributed by | Miracle Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Man of Violence, also known as Moon and The Sex Racketeers, is a 1970 British crime film produced and directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, Virginia Wetherell, Luan Peters and Derek Aylward.[1] It was written by Walker and Brian Comport.
Unprincipled loan shark Moon is hired for industrial espionage by tycoon Sam Bryant, who also pays him to investigate protection racketeer Charles Grayson. At the same time, he is hired by Grayson to investigate Bryant's business dealings. Moon gets caught up in a stolen gold operation also involving Bryant and Grayson.
Cast
- Michael Latimer as Moon
- Luan Peters as Angel
- Derek Aylward as Nixon
- Maurice Kaufmann as Charles Grayson
- Derek Francis as Sam Bryant
- Kenneth Hendel as Hunt
- George Belbin as Burgess
- Sydney Conabere as Alex Powell
- Erika Raffael as Goose
- Virginia Wetherell as Gale
- Steve Emerson as Steve
- Peter Thornton as Mike
- Michael Balfour as cafe owner
- John Keston as Girling
- Jessica Spencer as Joyce
- The Wishful Thinking as themselves
Production
The film was shot on location in England and Tunisia.[citation needed]
Critical reception
Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Abysmal espionage melodrama, spiced with sex episodes and outbursts of violence, with an overly intricate plot which is, perhaps fortunately, impossible to follow. The general level of the acting matches the inanity of the script."[2]