BANG! YOU'RE DEAD is half a crime thriller, half a social document. It's a British B-film directed by the hard-working Lance Comfort, who churned out pictures in all kinds of genres during the 1940s and 1950s. The setting is a working class one, exploring the plight of the homeless in the aftermath of the Second World War; the unlucky folk whose homes were destroyed by the Luftwaffe and their incendiary efforts.
Jack Warner gives a world-weary turn and headlines the cast as a widower trying to make ends meet. His is a world of pubs, hard labour, and Nissan huts. The story focuses on his precocious boy, who comes into possession of a gun in much the same way as the 1956 Val Guest movie THE WEAPON. What follows has some murder mystery style material and effective performances from the likes of Michael Medwin and Derek Farr, although I found it all a little too slow and low key to really grip the senses or indeed the imagination.
Jack Warner gives a world-weary turn and headlines the cast as a widower trying to make ends meet. His is a world of pubs, hard labour, and Nissan huts. The story focuses on his precocious boy, who comes into possession of a gun in much the same way as the 1956 Val Guest movie THE WEAPON. What follows has some murder mystery style material and effective performances from the likes of Michael Medwin and Derek Farr, although I found it all a little too slow and low key to really grip the senses or indeed the imagination.