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Dick Barton Strikes Back
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Wikipedia article
'Dick Barton Strikes Back' is a 1949 British spy film about special agent Dick Barton. It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the agent, although it was the second released.
Plot
Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his associate; Snowey White, uncover a spyring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not, the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction...
Title
The film's title during production was 'Dick Barton and the Silent Plague'.Bruce G. Hallenbeck, 'British Cult Cinema: Hammer Fantasy and Sci-Fi', Hemlock Books 2011 p46
Cast
*Don Stannard as Dick Barton
*Bruce Walker as Snowey White
*Sebastian Cabot as Fouracada
*James Raglan as Lord Armadale
*Jean Lodge as Tina
*Morris Sweden as Robert Creston
*John Harvey as Major Henderson
*Humphrey Kent as Colonel Gardener
*Sidney Vivian as Inspector Burke
*Tony Morelli as Nicholas
*George Crawford as Alex
*Larry Taylor as Nick (as Laurie Taylor)
Critical reception
'Mystery File' wrote "This is a little kids idea of a Spy Movie, with transparent trickery, obvious surprise villains and character development just below the level of a CLUE game, but it was clearly also the precursor of the James Bond films, with the suave, hard-fighting hero flung in and out of the clutches of sinister villains and predatory females with equal aplomb. It's a time-waster, sure, but a fun thing, with death rays, a sinister carnival and a really gripping final set-to up and down a (rather unsettlingly phallic) tower." while 'The Spinning Image' found "An excellent example of pure pulp cinema, Dick Barton Strikes Back is solidly entertaining and never flags, right up to the finish line." and 'TV Guide' called it "The best of the three "Dick Barton" films."
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