Eyewitness (1970 film)

Eyewitness
Theatrical poster
Directed byJohn Hough
Written by
Based onEyewitness
by Mark Hebden
Produced byPaul Maslansky
Starring
CinematographyDavid Holmes
Edited byGeoffrey Foot
Music byDavid Whitaker
Van der Graaf Generator
Fairfield Parlour
Production
companies
ABPC
Irving Allen Productions
Distributed byMGM-EMI (UK)
National General Pictures (USA)
Release date
  • 10 September 1970 (1970-09-10)[1]
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Eyewitness (released as Sudden Terror in the United States) is a 1970 British thriller film directed by John Hough and starring Mark Lester, Susan George and Lionel Jeffries.[2] Its plot follows a young English boy who, while staying with his grandfather and adult sister in Malta, witnesses a political assassination, and is subsequently pursued by the killers—however, due to his habitual lying, those around him are hesitant to believe his claims. It is an adaptation of the novel by Mark Hebden, the pen name for John Harris, and bears similarity to Cornell Woolrich's novelette "The Boy Cried Murder", originally adapted for film as The Window.[3][4]

  1. ^ Malcolm, Derek (10 September 1970). "Fellini and a half". The Guardian. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ DeGiglio-Bellemare, Mario; Ellbé, Charlie; Woofter, Kristopher (11 December 2014). Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade. Lexington Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781498503808. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. ^ EYEWITNESS Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 206.

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