COUNTERBLAST(1948)
In the set: Mad Scientist Theater
While not award winning in any way, this
is entertaining! The review below pretty
much sums up what the movie's about! Not
bad and worth a watch! B-
From a reviewer from IMDb.com:
A good solid piece of British movie making
of its period. No classic but watchable.
In the hands of a director like Hitchcock,
and there are some very Hitchcockian themes
here, this material would have made a minor
classic. The former Concentration camp
doctor's comeuppance (he is gassed in
the hold of a ship being fumigated) is
wonderfully ironic.
The DVD watched was part of a 50 movie
boxset from Mill Creek called Nightmare
Worlds and the transfer is far from good.
The image was fuzzy and broke up from
time to time towards the end, and, somehow,
presumably to save space on the disc,
the frame had been cropped on all four
sides. This was especially apparent
during the opening credits and in a
scene on a train where the evil Doctor
and a padre are seated facing each other
in a carriage having a conversation - all
we see is their noses peeping out from
the sides of the frame. - junk-monkey
Robert Beatty ... Dr. Paul Rankin
Mervyn Johns ... Dr. Bruckner - the Beast of Ravensbruck
Nova Pilbeam ... Tracy Hart
Margaretta Scott ... Sister 'Johnnie' Johnson
Sybille Binder ... Martha Lert - Bruckner Nazi Houskeeper
Marie Lohr ... Mrs. Coles - Richard's Old Friend
Karel Stepanek ... Prof. Inman - Nazi Psychiatrist
Alan Wheatley ... M.W. Kennedy - Nazi Dentist
Gladys Henson ... Mrs. Plum - Forester's Housekeeper
John Salew ... Padre Latham
Anthony Eustrel ... Dr. Richard Forrester
Carl Jaffe ... Heinz
Ronald Adam ... Col Ingram - Gillington POW Camp Commandant
Martin Miller ... Van Hessian - Dutch Seaman
Aubrey Mallalieu ... Maj. Walsh
Horace Kenney ... Taxi Driver
Stevins Chambers ... German POW (uncredited)
Archie Duncan ... Dr. McKegney (uncredited)
John England ... German POW (uncredited)
Armand Guinle ... Seaman (uncredited)
Mike Johnson ... Barman (uncredited)
Kenneth Keeling ... Policeman (uncredited)
Peter Madden ... William Lucas - Nazi (uncredited)
Peter Madren ... Dr. Williams (uncredited)
Jack Melford ... Detective (uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves ... Lucas' Butler (uncredited)
Frederick Schiller ... German POW (uncredited)
Olive Sloane ... Ingram's Housekeeper (uncredited)
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