Kill Her Gently

Dec 1, 1957

1h 15m

★ 5.6

"She's the only wife I have, so...KILL HER Gently!"

Overview

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Fortress Film Productions Ltd.

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Cast

Jeff Martin

Griffith Jones

Kay Martin

Maureen Connell

William Connors

Marc Lawrence

Lars Svenson

George Mikell

Dr. Jimmy Landers

Shay Gorman

Raina

Marianne Brauns

Insp. Raglan

Frank Hawkins

Truck Driver

John Gayford

Const. Brown

Roger Avon

Det. Sgt. Thompson

Patrick Connor

Bank clerk

Jonathan Meddings

Bank manager

Peter Stephens

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.

6.8

Brighton Rock

Jan 9, 1948

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

6.3

The Criminal

Sep 13, 1960

When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

6.5

The Lodger

Jan 19, 1944

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

7.0

The Ship That Died of Shame

Apr 19, 1955

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.

7.0

Footsteps in the Fog

Sep 14, 1955

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

6.7

Hell Drivers

Jul 23, 1957

An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.

6.6

The Blue Lamp

Jan 19, 1950

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.

6.6

Nowhere to Go

Dec 2, 1958

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.

6.6

The Long Memory

Jan 23, 1953

An innocent man is released from prison after 12 years and tracks down the witnesses who lied about him in court.

5.7

Paid to Kill

Jun 25, 1954

A man pays a hitman to kill him. Circumstances change and he tries to call off the hit but he has trouble getting the deal killed.

5.7

Panic

Jan 1, 1963

In this crime melodrama, a Swiss woman finds herself unwittingly involved in a plot to steal from her employer, a London diamond merchant. Her boyfriend is behind the scheme. First he sends two accomplices disguised as German jewelers to see the boss. He is not fooled by their ruse and is killed while the woman is knocked unconscious. She awakens with amnesia and begins aimlessly wandering the London streets. Thinking that his girl has squealed to the police, her boy friend begins scouring the town to find her. Meanwhile, she is taken in by a boxer who returns to the ring to win the money needed to get her out of the country. Trouble ensues when her lover finally finds her after the match and begins beating on the exhausted fighter.

6.2

The Clouded Yellow

Nov 21, 1950

After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.

5.2

Cosh Boy

Feb 1, 1953

Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.

6.1

Blackout

Mar 19, 1954

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name.

5.6

Stolen Face

May 1, 1952

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.