Dick Barton Strikes Back

StarringCinematographyCedric WilliamsEdited byRay PittMusic byRupert Grayson
Frank SpencerDistributed byExclusive Films73 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Dick Barton Strikes Back is a 1949 British spy film about special agent Dick Barton.^[1] It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the agent, although it was the second released.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 kid's 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."^[4] 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."^[5] TV Guide called it "the best of the three Dick Barton films".^[6]

References

External links

• Dick Barton Strikes Back at IMDb