The Long Shadow (1961 film)
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Directed byPeter Maxwell
Written byManning O'Brine
Produced byJohn Pellatt
StarringJohn Crawford
Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire
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| Directed by | Peter Maxwell |
| Written by | Manning O'Brine |
| Produced by | John Pellatt |
| Starring | John Crawford Susan Hampshire |
| Cinematography | Norman Warwick |
| Edited by | Allan Morrison |
| Music by | Bill McGuffie |
Production company | Argo Film Productions |
| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Long Shadow is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[1] drama film directed by Peter Maxwell and starring John Crawford, Susan Hampshire and Willoughby Goddard.[2] It was written by Manning O'Brine and filmed at Pinewood Studios.[3]
In Vienna during the Cold War, the Russians and Americans try to gain control of a boy who can be manipulated for political purposes. An American newspaper journalist attempts to save the Hungarian child and a Swedish nurse from certain death.
Cast
- John Crawford as Kelly
- Susan Hampshire as Gunilla
- Willoughby Goddard as Schober
- Humphrey Lestocq as Bannister
- Rory O'Brine as Ruchi Korbanyi
- Anne Castaldini as Magda
- Margaret Robertson as mother
- Bill Nagy as Garity
- Lily Kann as old lady
- Hana-Maria Pravda as matron
- Gisele Burke as Lisel
- Sean Sullivan as Burgen