Impulse (1957 film)
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Impulse is a 1957 British
crime film
directed by Cy Endfield
and starring Arthur Kennedy
, Constance Smith
and Joy Shelton
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Cy Endfield
Cy Endfield
Cyril Raker Endfield was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.- Biography :...
and starring Arthur Kennedy
Arthur Kennedy (actor)
Arthur Kennedy was an American stage and film actor known for his versatility in supporting film roles and his ability to create "an exceptional honesty and naturalness on stage" especially in the original casts of Arthur Miller plays on Broadway.- Early life and education :Kennedy was born John...
, Constance Smith
Constance Smith
Constance Smith was an Irish film actress, known as a contract player of 20th Century Fox in the 1950s.-Biography:...
and Joy Shelton
Joy Shelton
Joy Shelton was an English actress, who performed in films, radio and television.-Biography:Joy Shelton was born in London on 3 June 1922...
.
Cast
- Arthur Kennedy - Alan Curtis
- Constance SmithConstance SmithConstance Smith was an Irish film actress, known as a contract player of 20th Century Fox in the 1950s.-Biography:...
- Lila - Joy SheltonJoy SheltonJoy Shelton was an English actress, who performed in films, radio and television.-Biography:Joy Shelton was born in London on 3 June 1922...
- Elizabeth Curtis - Jack AllenJack AllenJack Allen may refer to:* Jack Allen * Jack Allen * Jack Allen * Jack Allen , Unionist in Northern Ireland* John F...
- Freddie - James CarneyJames CarneyJames Patrick Carney was a noted Irish Celtic scholar.He was born in Portlaoise, County Laois and was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Synge Street, Dublin...
- Jack Forrester - Cyril ChamberlainCyril ChamberlainCyril Chamberlain was an English film and television actor. He appeared in a number of the early Carry On, Doctor in the House and St. Trinian's films....
- Gray - Cameron HallCameron HallCameron Hall is a 5,020-seat multi-purpose arena in Lexington, Virginia. It was built in 1981 and is home to the Virginia Military Institute Keydets basketball team.-References:...
- Joe - Bruce Beeby - Harry Winters
- Charles LambCharles LambCharles Lamb was an English essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb . Lamb has been referred to by E.V...
- Palmer - Sam KyddSam KyddSam Kydd was an Ulster-born English actor. An army officer's son, he was born in Belfast, but moved to London, England when he was a child. He was educated at Dunstable Grammar School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England....
- Ticket Inspector - Kenneth CopeKenneth CopeKenneth Cope is an English actor. He is most famous for his roles as Marty Hopkirk in Randall and Hopkirk , Jed Stone in Coronation Street and Ray Hilton in Brookside.- Career :...
- Hotel Desk Clerk - Michael BalfourMichael BalfourMichael Leonard Graham Balfour CBE was an English historian and civil servant....
- Sailor