Offbeat (film)

Offbeat (AKA The Devil Inside in the U.S.) is a 1961 black-and-white British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, John Meillon and Anthony Dawson.[1] In the film, an MI5 officer goes undercover to catch a criminal gang.

For the 1986 U.S. film, see Off Beat (1986 film). For the 2004 German film, see Off Beat (2004 film).

Offbeat
Directed byCliff Owen
Produced byE.M. Smedley-Aston
Written byPeter Barnes
StarringWilliam Sylvester
Mai Zetterling
John Meillon
Anthony Dawson
Music byKen Jones
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byAntony Gibbs
Production
company
Northiam Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
1961
Running time
71 mins
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film 2.5 out of four stars, calling it a "good programmer" ;[2] and Mystery File wrote, "after a slow beginning, I’d have to say that halfway into the film if not earlier, I was hooked to the screen, waiting for the answer. A minor film, to be sure, but recommended, definitely so."[3] The film historians Steve Chibnall and Brian McFarlane describe it as "a work of genuine ideological dissonance which questioned the conventional wisdom about crime and punishment", and they note that Kinematograph Weekly said at the time that Offbeat "carries a kick of one twice its size".[4]

References
  1. "BFI Database entry". BFI.
  2. "Offbeat". TV Guide.
  3. "» Movie Review: OFFBEAT (1963)".
  4. Steve Chibnall & Brian McFarlane, The British 'B' Film, Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2009, p. 59.


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