Title:Seven Days To Noon
Date: 1950
Type: Thriller
Rating: 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: John and Roy Boulting
Producer: John and Roy Boulting
Comment
A scientist (Barrie Jones) steals a small atomic bomb and threatens to blow up London if the government does not agree to stop research into these bombs. This is a good British thriller from the 1950's that effectively builds the tension with a good plot and characters, not least Olive Sloane and Sheila Manaham as the distraught daughter. Although this film taps into the cold war fears of the atomic age of the 1950's, it still has a resonance today in the light of 21st century proliferation and terrorism. It also gives an insight into life in post-war Britian.
Actors
Barry Jones
Olive Sloane
Andre Morell
Sheila Manahan
Hugh Cross
Joan Hickson
Ronald Adam
Oscars
Won - Best writing