Eyewitness (1970 film)

Eyewitness
DVD cover
Directed by John Hough
Produced by Irving Allen
Written by Ronald Harwood
Bryan Forbes (Uncredited)
Based on "The Boy Cried Murder"
by Cornell Woolrich
Starring Mark Lester
Susan George
Lionel Jeffries
Music by David Whitaker
Van der Graaf Generator
Fairfield Parlour
Edited by Geoffrey Foot
Production
company
ABPC
Irving Allen Productions
Distributed by MGM-EMI (UK)
Release date
 June 1970
Running time
 92 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Eyewitness (also entitled Sudden Terror) is a 1970 British drama film directed by John Hough.[1] The film is a British adaptation of Cornell Woolrich's novelette "The Boy Cried Murder", originally cinematized under name The Window.[2][3]

Outline

Ziggy, a boy of about twelve, is an accidental witness to a killing on a Mediterranean island, after which he is attacked himself. He goes on the run with his older sister, Pippa, helped by their grandfather.

Cast

Production

John Hough, who had made the film Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood, learned that Bryan Forbes had taken over EMI Films and was interested in young filmmakers. He called Forbes and showed him his film at Forbes's office in Elstree. (This was filmed by a BBC documentary on Forbes called Man Alive.) Forbes had a script called Eyewitness and gave the film to Irving Allen to make and Paul Maslanksy to produce. Hough was assigned a produced by Bryan Forbes. Forbes did some uncredited rewriting of the script.[4][5]

Location

The film was shot entirely in Malta although in the movie the name of the nation is not given and the flag (a modified cross with red and white colours) and coat of arms shown are different from Malta's.

Adaptations

The film is the third of four versions of the story. The others are:[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32691
  2. ↑ DeGiglio-Bellemare, Mario; Ellbé, Charlie; Woofter, Kristopher (December 11, 2014). Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade. Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781498503808. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  3. ↑ EYEWITNESS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 206.
  4. ↑ Bryan Forbes, A Divided Life, Mandarin Paperback 1993 p 105
  5. ↑ "Interview with John Hough". History Project.
  6. ↑ Mayer, Geoff (September 13, 2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Scarecrow Press. p. 405. ISBN 9780810879003. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  7. ↑ DeGiglio-Bellemare, Mario; Ellbé, Charlie; Woofter, Kristopher (December 11, 2014). Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade. Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781498503808. Retrieved 28 September 2017.


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