Dirk Bogarde

Jon Whiteley

Elizabeth Sellars

Kay Walsh

Frederick Piper

Julian Somers

Jane Aird

Geoffrey Keen

Jack Stewart

Douglas Blackwell

Sam Kydd

Leonard White

Ewen Solon

Katharine Blake

Molly Urquhart

Joe Linnane

John Bushelle

Patrick Westwood

Michael McCarthy

Charles Crichton

Eric Cross

Geoffrey Muller

Alex Vetchinsky

Julian Wintle

Hubert Clifford

George Blackler

Arthur Alcott

Ted Holliday

Graeme Hamilton

Gordon Hales

John W. Mitchell

Barbara Cole 

George Mills

Bob Thompson

Jack Whittingham

Gordon K. McCallum

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Hunted

British Film-Makers

Independent Artists

J. Arthur Rank Organisation

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

I'm not a fan of kids in films - but Scots lad Jon Whiteley (who only passed away in May this year at the age of 75) was one who proved the exception. This was his first film with Dirk Bogarde (the other being the "Spanish Gardener" (1956)) and there is a certain chemistry between the two as Bogarde portrays a violent man "Chris Lloyd" who has just topped his wife's lover after a brawl. With Whiteley "Robbie" the only witness, he abducts him and flees before the pursuing police. What ensues now is a trip, fraught with danger, on which the two start to bond. The young boy, fleeing a terror of his own, starts to wear away the veneer of disregard felt by the man for his charge and despite himself, "Chris" starts to care for the fellow. It's a genuine story - it has some nice touches, the photography from gritty, bombed-out London to the beautiful Scottish coast lends authenticity to it, and the dialogue - though generally quite sparing, is well delivered in what is largely a successful two hander. Certainly one of Dirk Bogarde's better, more sincere, performances and well worth a watch.

English

Hunted (1952) Original Theatrical Trailer