Lord Brett

While searching for my elusive copy of Crossroads to Crime , I came across a film I taped a few years ago, but missed the beginning. It’s a Butchers production from the early sixties (as far as I can tell) starring Conrad Phillips and also featuring Ballard Berkely (The Major from Fawlty Towers).

Could anyone tell me what the title is?

[ 19. March 2004, 17:02: Message edited by: DB7 ]

DAVID RAYNER

This was most probably IMPACT, made in 1963 and released on the Gaumont circuit early in 1964 as the supporting film to FATHER CAME TOO.

Conrad Phillips played a man who was wrongly convicted and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit and upon his release, sets out to take revenge on the man who framed him.

Lord Brett

Thank you, that's the very film.

It's a shame ITV/ITV 2 and Channel 5 appear to have stopped showing these interesting British B-films. I suppose there's always some American TV-movie they can stick on instead of preserving our own movie heritage!

Lord Brett

I came across the following interesting snippet while doing a web search for information on Butchers Film services:


"Dr Gerald Connolly has written asking for information on the photographic company known as Ensign Ltd. He writes:” I have been researching the history of the photographic company known as ENSIGN Ltd (also known as Houghton Butchers, Fordhams Cardboard works, Butchers Film Services, which was based on the Fulbourne Road from around 1907-1954) for around the last 20 years and wonder if any members have an interest in the company, or know of any persons I could contact.” Dr Connolly says he has already exhausted the resources at the Vestry House Museum, but he can be contacted at 27 The Meadows, Sawbridgeworth, Herts. CM21 9PZ, Tel: 01279-724548."

The link to this is as follows:
Walthamstowvilage.net.

So Butchers Film Services and Ensign Cameras (remember them?) were one and the same company!