Dick Barton Collection

Don Stannard

Bruce Walker

Sebastian Cabot

Jean Lodge

James Raglan

Humphrey Kent

John Harvey

Morris Sweden

Tony Morelli

George Crawford

Sidney Vivian

Peter Wyngarde

Elizabeth Baron

Godfrey Grayson

Ambrose Grayson

Mae Murray

Rupert Grayson

Frank Spencer

Donald Wynne

Ray Pitt

Edgar Blatt

Prudence Sykes

Jack Curtis

Anthony Hinds

Dicky Leeman

Jack Smith

Peter Newbrook

Cedric Williams

Ivan King

Crime

Dick Barton Strikes Back

Hammer Film Productions

United Kingdom

CinemaSerf

There is just something about the theme music that forgives just about everything else with these entertaining, if unchallenging mysteries. This one sees the suave Don Stannard in the title role, on the trail of some dastardly villains bent on world domination using a mind-controlling frequency. Director Godfrey Grayson offers us quite a well paced intrigue with plenty of action, the double-dealing "Tina" (Jean Lodge) and a tense little conclusion that passes an hour easily enough. The production is basic, and in this particular story the audio effects of their device did prove to be actually quite annoying after a while. Luckily there is no real jeopardy whatsoever so that's soon sorted out. Though entirely predictable, I still quite enjoyed it.

English