The Strange Awakening
1958 British film by Montgomery Tully
- 13 April 1958 (1958-04-13) (UK)
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The Strange Awakening (U.S. title: Female Fiends) is a 1958 British second feature[2] film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Lex Barker.[3]
Plot
Motoring in the South of France, Peter Chance picks up a hitchhiker, and is attacked and left unconscious. Awaking in a villa with no memory of his identity, he is told by a woman claiming to be his mother that he is the heir to a fortune. When police investigate the death of his "father" Chance becomes suspicious and starts to investigate.
Cast
- Lex Barker as Peter Chance
- Carole Mathews as Selena Friend
- Lisa Gastoni as Marny Friend
- Nora Swinburne as Mrs. Friend
- Peter Dyneley as Dr. Rene Normand
- Joe Robinson as Sven
- Malou Pantera as Isabella
- Richard Molinas as Louis
- John Serret as Commissaire Sagain
- Stanley Maxted as Mr. Moffat
- Monica Grey as Iris Chance
- Yvonne Andre as nun
- Raf De La Torre as Mr. Petheridge
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A summary of the plot does not do justice to this gripping version of the amnesia theme. The modest production successfully creates an atmosphere and the acting, though unremarkable, is always competent. A good 'B' melodrama."[4]
References
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 400. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Strange Awakening". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "The Strange Awakening". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 25 (288): 64. 1 January 1958 – via ProQuest.
External links
- The Strange Awakening at IMDb
- The Strange Awakening then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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Films directed by Montgomery Tully
- Murder in Reverse (1945)
- Spring Song (1946)
- Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
- Boys in Brown (1949)
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
- Girdle of Gold (1952)
- Small Town Story (1953)
- 36 Hours (1953)
- The Diamond (1954)
- Five Days (1954)
- Devil's Point (1954)
- The Glass Cage (1955)
- Dial 999 (1955)
- The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
- No Road Back (1957)
- The Key Man (1957)
- The Hypnotist (1957)
- Man in the Shadow (1957)
- The Diplomatic Corpse (1958)
- Escapement (1958)
- The Strange Awakening (1958)
- The Long Knife (1958)
- Man with a Gun (1958)
- I Only Arsked! (1958)
- Man Accused (1959)
- The Price of Silence (1960)
- Jackpot (1960)
- Dead Lucky (1960)
- The House in Marsh Road (1960)
- Two Wives at One Wedding (1961)
- The Third Alibi (1961)
- Middle Course (1961)
- She Knows Y'Know (1962)
- Out of the Fog (1962)
- Clash by Night (1963)
- Master Spy (1964)
- Who Killed the Cat? (1966)
- The Terrornauts (1967)
- Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)
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