The Gentle Terror is a 1961 British second feature ('B') thriller film directed by Frank Marshall and starring Terence Alexander and Angela Douglas.The Gentle Terror at BFI It was written by Mark Grantham and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot A mild mannered bookkeeping clerk is accused of embezzlement. To clear his name he must catch the true culprit.
Cast
Terence Alexander as David Angela Douglas as Nancy Jill Hyem as Daphne Laidman Browne as Byrne Malcolm Webster as Ian Patrick McAlinney as Sam Victor Spinetti as Joe Peter Swanwick as 1st auditor Howard Greene as 2nd auditor Rosemary Rothery as Miss Durant John Hatton as Frank Paul Craig as Lou Fredric Abbott as barman Jack Melford as Inspector Miles Michael Beint as Det. Sgt. Harris George Mikell as Turk Michael Darbyshire as ticket clerk Totti Truman Taylor as Mrs. Connor
Reception The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story contains the bare bones of a promising farce, but feeble treatment, naive dialogue and weak acting result in a laboured and ineffective comedy, well below par by any standards."
Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film called it a "feeble comedy-mystery."
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