The Child and the Killer
The Child and the Killer (also known as The Man in the Shadows) is a 1959 British low budget second feature crime film directed by Max Varnel and starring Patricia Driscoll and Robert Arden. It was written by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
Joe, a US army officer, is on the run after committing murder. He invades the home of the widowed Peggy, and orders her son Tommy at gunpoint to guide him through the backwaters of the English countryside to safety. But he reckons without U.S. army Captain Mather, who is in love with Tommy's mother.
Cast
More details
author | Brian Clemens Eldon Howard |
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director | Max Varnel |
editor | Maurice Rootes |
genre | crime |
keywords | army captain army officer english countryside on the run widow |
musicBy | Albert Elms |
producer | Edward J. Danziger Harry Lee Danziger |
productionCompany | Danziger Productions |
publisher | United Artists Corporation |