Counterblast

1948 film by Paul L. Stein

  • 18 May 1948 (1948-05-18)
Running time
99 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Counterblast is a 1948 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Robert Beatty, Mervyn Johns and Nova Pilbeam.[1] It was made by British National Films at Elstree Studios.

Plot

A Nazi scientist escapes from prison, murders a leading professor and takes his place at a research laboratory, where he experiments with biological warfare with which he intends to wage the next war against Britain.

Cast

  • Robert Beatty as Doctor Paul Rankin
  • Mervyn Johns as Doctor Bruckner
  • Nova Pilbeam as Tracy Hart
  • Margaretta Scott as Sister Johnson
  • Sybille Binder as Martha Lert, Bruckner's housekeeper
  • Marie Lohr as Mrs Coles
  • Karel Stepanek as Professor Inman
  • Alan Wheatley as M.W. Kennedy
  • Gladys Henson as Mrs Plum
  • John Salew as Padre Latham
  • Anthony Eustrel as Doctor Richard Forrester
  • Carl Jaffe as Heinz
  • Ronald Adam as Colonel Ingram
  • Martin Miller as Van Hessian
  • Aubrey Mallalieu as Major Walsh
  • Olive Sloane as Ingram's Housekeeper

References

  1. ^ "BFI Film & TV Database - COUNTERBLAST (1948)". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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