The Violent Enemy
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| Directed by | Don Sharp |
| Produced by | Wilfred Eades |
| Written by | Edmund Ward |
| Based on | novel by Jack Higgins |
| Starring | Tom Bell Susan Hampshire Ed Begley Noel Purcell |
| Music by | John Scott (as Patrick John Scott) |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | Thom Noble |
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Release dates
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1968 |
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Running time
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94 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤250,000[1] |
The Violent Enemy is a film about an IRA plot to blow up a British power station.[2]
It was originally known as Come the Hero and filming began in Waterford in October 1968.[1]
Plot
IRA bomb expert Sean Rogan escapes from prison, and is reluctantly recruited into a scheme to blow up a British electronics factory back in Ireland.
Cast
- Sean Rogan - Tom Bell
- Hannah Costello - Susan Hampshire
- Colum O'More - Ed Begley
- John Michael Leary - Noel Purcell
- Austin - Jon Laurimore
- Fletcher - Michael Standing
- Inspector Sullivan - Philip O'Flynn
Critical reception
Sky Movies described it as, "one of only a handful of British films to deal with the troubles in Ireland. Played as a melodrama, the film is efficiently directed by action specialist Don Sharp. Tom Bell has the right air of disillusionment about him as the IRA man who's learned moderation in a British jail"; [3] and the Radio Times noted, "it's efficiently made, if unsurprising, and familiar American actor Ed Begley is worth watching as the fanatical Irish mastermind behind the scheme." [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Filming starts in Waterford. Was shot in Ardmore Studios, Bray, Co. Wicklow and on location in Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford. The Irish Times (1921-Current File) [Dublin, Ireland] 12 Oct 1968: 8.
- ↑ The Violent Enemy at BFI
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Violent Enemy at IMDb
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