Man of Violence


Man of Violence, also known as Moon and The Sex Racketeers, is a 1970 British crime film produced and directed by Pete Walker and starring Michael Latimer, Virginia Wetherell, Luan Peters and Derek Aylward. It was written by Walker and Brian Comport.

Plot

Unprincipled loan shark Moon is hired for industrial espionage by tycoon Sam Bryant, who also pays him to investigate protection racketeer Charles Grayson. At the same time, he is hired by Grayson to investigate Bryant's business dealings. Moon gets caught up in a stolen gold operation also involving Bryant and Grayson.

Cast

The film was shot on location in England and Tunisia.

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Abysmal espionage melodrama, spiced with sex episodes and outbursts of violence, with an overly intricate plot which is, perhaps fortunately, impossible to follow. The general level of the acting matches the inanity of the script."

Home media

The BFI have released Man of Violence on DVD and Blu-ray through its Flipside strand, together with Walker's 1968 film The Big Switch. The sleeve notes state: "Pete Walker's affectionate low-budget homage to the gangster thriller is packed with sights and sounds from a Britain about to swing out of the Sixties and into a somewhat less optimistic decade. Man of Violence offers not only rare glimpses of a world gone by but also some twists on generic convention."