Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
5.8 /10 1 Votes
Director George King Initial release 1938 Music director Jack Beaver, Bretton Byrd Country UK | 5.6/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Thriller Screenplay A. R. Rawlinson Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Pierre Quiroule (story), A.R. Rawlinson Cast George Curzon (Sexton Blake), Tod Slaughter (Michael Larron), Greta Gynt (Madamoiselle Julie), Tony Sympson (Tinker), Charles Oliver (Max Fleming), Marie Wright (Mrs. Bardell)Similar movies The Final Alliance , Tokolosh , Rhino , The Third Man , Sunset Boulevard , Surviving Evil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror is a 1938 British crime film directed by George King and starring George Curzon, Tod Slaughter and Greta Gynt. It was George Curzon's third and final outing as the fictional detective.
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Plot summary
The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 1930s movies - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'.
Cast
Critical reception
Of the film's villain, Leonard Maltin concluded, "Slaughter plays it basically straight in this passable low-budget outing"; while Dennis Schwartz wrote, "Tod Slaughter is a trip as the perverse villain drooling over both stamps and Julie (Greta Gynt), and decked out when meeting gang members in a spiffy black robe with a snake embroided on its front and a fashionable KKK-like hood. Like Vincent Price, Slaughter can make a not too original low-budget B film fun to watch."
References
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror WikipediaSexton Blake and the Hooded Terror IMDb Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror themoviedb.org