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Often criticised for it's mocking tone towards the 'mute witness' but, as usual, not analysed with the depth that shows it's true colours. Obviously, there's been a crime, possibly a murder for the seriousness of the police investigation and the location (Clapham Common) and the only witness is a presumably young mute girl (from the crying on the floor and standing on the table.
Billy Hughes (Marina Sudina) is a mute special effects artist working on a low budget American slasher movie being shot in Russia. Accidentally locked in the studio late one night, she stumbles upon two men shooting what appears to be a snuff film. Having borne witness to their victim’s final moments, Billy desperately flees – but this is ...
Filmed on location in Moscow and co-starring Fay Ripley (Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein) and Evan Richards (Society), Mute Witness is an unpredictable, nerve-shreddingly tense viewing experience. Now fully restored in 4K and presented alongside a host of new and recently unearthed bonus materials, there has never been a better opportunity to ...
Apr 15, 2024 · On 4K UHD and Blu-ray in the UK June 10 and the US and Canada June 11. SHE WON’T BE SILENCED.Director Anthony Waller (The Piper, An American Werewolf in Pari...
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Mute Witness by Robert L. Pike is a fascinating glimpse into the type of police-genre fiction prevalent in the sixties, with a hard-boiled feel to it. It tells the story of one Lieutenant Clancy, a disgraced detective who gets a call from his nemesis, Assistant DA Chalmers and an assignment to guard an organized-crime boss named Johnny Rossi.
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Billy (Mary Sudina) is mute, but it hasn't kept her from becoming a successful makeup artist. While in Russia, working on a film directed by her sister's boyfriend, Andy (Evan Richards), Billy finds herself trapped in the studio one night and is horrified to see a snuff film being made. Billy escapes and, with the help of her sister, Kate (Fay Ripley), alerts authorities about what she saw ...
Originally published as Mute Witness, this novel is of course the basis for the famous Steve McQueen film, and I was curious to read the source material.Perhaps unsurprisingly, there’s very little resemblance apart from the basic plot – when a gangster who plans to testify against his bosses is killed, the cop assigned to protect him must find the killer before the DA learns his star ...
