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One of the key British directors of the 1940s, 50s and 60s (helming such classics as Dead of Night, The League of Gentleman and Victim) The Gentle Gunman sees him reuniting with Bogarde on another crime film after the success of The Blue Lamp the previous year (a film which contained a death so shocking, a main character had to be brought back to life via a TV series).
In an anonymous hotel room, former RE teacher Nancy meets the Leo Grande ( Daryl McCormack) of the title.Alan Bourke, Paschal Newell and Tony Hanna confirm PW's suspicion that this is the junction of the R755 and R760 roads in Rocky Valley to the west of Kilmacanogue in County Wicklow.
Bogarde is younger, more idealistic and pragmatic, determined to support the cause while suppressing occasional misgivings.
Alongside Leo’s attitude to his job, neither the film nor Thompson herself shies away from the fact that she’s an older woman. Coliemore Harbour in County Dublin found by Alan Bourke and Paschal Newell following Christopher Matheson's clues. Sadly it’s not done very well at all - Mills’s accent wanders all over the place and everything after the tense stand off in the doctor’s house is rushed and a bit silly. The car which is used to escape after the shootout with the prison vehicle has different number plates front and back. The Sullivans’ mother also hates the IRA, since her husband and another son have already died after their involvement with the organisation.
Utilising sharp, taut cutting, dutch angles and striking cinematography, Dearden steers the film with almost note perfect precision. It is during this unusual time period that we find Basil Dearden’s 1951 nourish Ealing melodrama The Gentle Gunman taking place, shedding a light on an aspect of Northern Irish history that cinema doesn’t often choose to illuminate. Fortunately, Matt’s older brother, Terry (played by Mills), has followed him, for reasons that soon become obvious. Please consider upgrading to a Pro account—for less than a couple bucks a month, you’ll get cool additional features like all-time and annual stats pages ( example), the ability to select (and filter by) your favorite streaming services, and no ads!
When his co-conspirators are arrested, he ensures that his brother Matt (Sir Dirk Bogarde) escapes back to Ireland. Dirk Bogarde and John Mills deliver fairly engaging performances (although both are let down by some rather ropey Irish accents, with Mill’s attempt especially bad, seemingly taking in a tour around the British Isles by way of Belfast).
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