Hunted

Hunted (1952)

Nowhere dare they show themselves... Nowhere dare they rest...

An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.

Date of release
1952-03-17
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Charles Crichton

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: £111K
  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Leopard

Hunted is a 1952 British noir crime film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley and Elizabeth Sellars. It was written by Jack Whittingham and Michael McCarthy and produced by Julian Wintle.

Production

The film was financed through the British Film-Makers scheme.

Jon Whiteley was cast after a friend of Charles Crichton heard him reciting "The Owl and the Pussycat" on radio on The Children's Hour. He was called in for a screen test and was cast.

Much of the film was shot on location, with three main areas being used. The early London exterior scenes were shot in the Pimlico/Victoria area, which at the time still had derelict corners showing evidence of wartime damage. The location chosen for the scenes set in the English Midlands was the area in and around Stoke-on-Trent, with its distinctive industrial skyline of factory chimneys and giant pottery kilns.

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