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The Pursuers
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Wikipedia article
'The Pursuers' is a 1961 British second feature thriller film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Cyril Shaps, Francis Matthew and Susan Denny.
Plot
Concentration camp survivor David (Francis Matthews) pursues Nazi war criminal Luther (Cyril Shaps), currently hiding out in post war London. With the realisation he has been tracked down, the desperate former Auschwitz commandant flees to a sleazy nightclub where he is helped by Jewish chanteuse Jenny (Susan Denny), a holocaust survivor unaware of Luther's true identity.
Cast
*Cyril Shaps as Luther
*Francis Matthews as David
*Susan Denny as Jenny
*Sheldon Lawrence as Rico
*George Murcell as Freddy
*John Gabriel as Wally
*Tony Doonan as Wilmo
*Steve Plytas as Petersen
*Andr Mikhelson as Von krosig (as Andre Mikhelson)
*Alexis Chesnakov as Lunde
*Reginald Marsh as Inspector
*Charles Hill as Murcher
*Theodore Wilhelm as Parris
*Gertan Klauber as Bernstein
*Richard Marner as Aranson
*Ann Hanslip as Miss Colins
Critical reception
The 'Radio Times' wrote "The arrest and trial of Adolph Eichmann made the pursuit of Nazi war criminals a fitting topic for thrillers such as this ...Never more than a B-movie, it's worth seeing for its treatment of its subject and for the performance of Cyril Shaps, a B-movie regular who specialised in playing foreigners."
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