Guy Green (1913–2005)

"The Snorkel" is an under-appreciated Hammer suspense film that revolves around 14-year-old, Candy (Mandy Miller), her guardian, Jean (Betta St John) and Candy’s stepfather, Paul Decker (Peter van Eyck). Candy is convinced that Decker drowned her father and murdered her mother making it look like suicide. Unfortunately, neither the police nor Jean take Candy seriously leaving the young girl to prove Decker’s guilt while avoiding becoming his next victim. Writers Peter Myers and Jimmy show more Sangster cleverly open the film with Decker going about the elaborate murder of his wife. This removes any element of whodunnit and leaves director Guy Green free to concentrate on the cat-and-mouse games between Mandy and Decker. He does this with aplomb and develops a number of imaginative and gripping sequences where the pair try and outsmart each other, before arriving at a slightly contrived but still satisfying double conclusion. The film is beautifully shot by regular Hammer cinematographer Jack Asher with some superb, beautifully framed night-time photography. Mandy Miller is fine as the strong-willed youngster while Betta St John provides good support acting as a pivot between Candy and Decker. It is interesting that both women have plenty of agency, with Candy in particular, driving the narrative and forming the focus of the story. This is a completely different approach to the Hammer style of the period where their Gothic horrors invariably portrayed the majority of female characters as weak-willed and in need of rescue. German actor Peter van Eyck is excellent as Decker and makes for a chilling villain who is cold-blooded, efficient and arrogant in equal parts. Overall “The Snorkel” is a nicely structured and highly effective little thriller that delivers plenty of tension and nice performances while leaving scope for plenty of imaginative directorial touches. show less

2025 movie #218. 1955. Good Brit noir. A portrait painter and a beautiful woman accidentally get involved in an international diamond smuggling ring. A good, if somewhat convoluted story.

O livreto traz sobretudo a história de vida de Lutero, com pinceladas nas carreiras de Keach e Guy Green. No dvd que companha o livreto o filme, com o trailer como extra.

Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Nordafrika wird die Spezialeinheit "Long Range Desert Group" beauftragt, ein deutsches Treibstofflager hinter feindlichen Linien zu zerstören. Captain Williams, ein Sprengstoffexperte, begleitet Captain Cotton auf der gefährlichen Mission. Nach schweren Verlusten und Kämpfen gegen die Deutschen erfüllen sie ihren Auft rag, entdecken jedoch versteckte Panzer. Da das Funkgerät zerstört ist, müssen sie die Informationen zu Fuß zur Basis bringen, show more während sie von feindlichen Truppen verfolgt werden ...

Diese Produktion mit dem mehrfach Oscar-gekrönten Sir Richard Attenborough in der Hauptrolle bezeichnete Channel 4 als „brillanten Kriegsfilm. Regisseur Green hat ein Händchen für Action und bringt Attenborough und seine Kollegen zu hervorragenden Darstellungen.“ Das Filmmagazin Variety lobte ebenfalls die „hervorragenden schauspielerischen Leistungen und die straffe Regie von Guy Green“ und kam zu dem Schluss, dass „Green und Kameramann Wilkie Cooper die abgelegene Einsamkeit der weiten Wüste, die Hitze, die Langeweile und das Gefühl der bevorstehenden Gefahr hervorragend einfangen.“ (fonte: Retro del dvd)
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