The Man Who Couldn't Walk
The Man Who Couldn't Walk is a 1960 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Eric Pohlmann and Peter Reynolds. The screenplay was by Umesh Malik.
It was one of several British crime films starring Reynolds.
Premise
A gang of jewel thieves led by a man in a wheelchair hire a top safecracker.Cast
- Eric Pohlmann as The Consul General
- Peter Reynolds as Keefe Brand
- Pat Clavin as Carol
- Reed De Rouen as Luigi
- Bernadette Milnes as Cora
- Richard Shaw as Enrico
- Martin Cass as Beppo
- Margot Van der Burgh as Maria
- Maurice Bannister as Joey
- Martin Gordon as Lou
- Endre Muller as Johnny
- Owen Berry as 1st watchman
- John Baker as 2nd watchman
Production
Filming started on 11 January 1960 at Walton Studios.Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This unexceptional thriller has a tortuous and unlikely plot, ... a slick American idiom at variance with the London setting ... and a tendency to romanticise its unpleasant characters. It creates the general impression of being a rehash of incidents from the innumerable safe-breaking, bank or jewel robbery films of the last year or so."Kine Weekly wrote the film "packs quite a punch for its size... a reliable quota second."
Variety said the film "comptently fulfils its mission." When film was released in the US in 1964 Variety reviewed the movie again, calling it "routine but adequate".