15.1.13

cloudburst (1951)

"I'd hound them with as little pity as we hounded Zimmerman...my hatred would overwhelm me like a cloudburst."
When his pregnant wife (Elizabeth Sellars) is killed by a couple on the run for murder, Foreign office cypher expert, John Graham (Robert Preston), determines to find these killers, and devises a systematic plan of revenge when he does.
Reputedly the first film Hammer shot at Bray Studios, this is a fine understated thriller. The characters backgrounds in the resistance during the war are hinted at, fleshing out motivations and abilities.

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