Seven Days to Noon

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Par H @Parhwy Feb 4 We begin with Big Ben ‘bong, bong’ bong’ and the screed scrolling left to right. Weird! Black and white British post-war (1950) film focussing on the necassariness yet precariousness of nuclear weapons. It is a thriller with subdued tension. I liked that it got to the point immediately with plot/story/characters emerging at once in tandem. Given it is a thriller about a dangerous date/time, clocks were used poorly. They were used. Only once was one zoomed in on. Some were unreadable. Some were wrong. Whoever was doing continuity and or writing messed up; example: clock showed 70 hours until noon; actor: "72 hours until noon". Small details matter. The interesting thing is that no character owned the solution. This was a collective solution. There was also not a parallel love story (there could have been with dad/daughter, daughter/boyfriend). Nor is there a flip-flop goody/baddy plot sitch. This is not a modern Bourne Identity film. Ends with Big Ben ‘bong, bong, bong’. See more paul d @PaulusLoZebra 09/28/2020 An unusual and interesting premise holds the film together. It's a well-done but rather theatrical and intellectual "thriller", but with a very, very important theme: the threat of nuclear war. The atmospheric shots of 1950 London are excellent. See more 12/30/2018 Not a "typical" Boulting Brothers film in that it is more dramatic and less "funny", but still a rather bleak satire of the cold war and a government's response to a threat to its existence. I must admit that while the ending was somewhat expected, it still came as something of a shock! Great b/w photography, wonderful shots of an "evacuated" London, great performances all around, I agree with the 77% rating because the film is farm from perfect (and it's a bit slow-going by today's hectic standards). Worth seeing, probably won't watch it again any time soon, though. See more 05/05/2013 Watched this in 2013 but still found it quite exciting. Good acting and direction with a simple plot. A good chilled watch. See more 04/23/2013 Barry Jones stars in this 1950s thriller. Sci fi horror, an early Atomic themed film, which is excellent throughout See more 03/04/2013 Its fair to say that parts of this thriller haven't aged as well as other parts of it have, the biggest problem is all the accents are either clipped precise English or Lord Luv a Duck cockneys which can be quite grating at times. But that quibble aside The Boulting Brothers give us a tense and exciting thriller which will keep you hooked until the very end. Barry Jones plays the overworked Prof Willingdon who decides on a drastic course of action to end what he sees as a futile arms race. He steals a small atomic device and threatens to destroy London unless his demands are met. What follows is an exciting Manhunt as the net closes around Willingdon and London becomes an evacuated and empty ghost town. The film evokes its period very well indeed and although some of the acting is on the Wooden side Barry Jones as Willingdon and Andre Morrell as the Policeman on his trail keep the film afloat with outsanding performances. A real British classic this film despite some flaws still stands up today. See more Read all reviews

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