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13 Men and a Gun

1938 film

Field	Value
name	13 Men and a Gun
image	File:13 Men and a Gun.jpg
alt
director	Mario Zampi
producer	Mario Zampi
writer	{{Plain list
starring	Arthur Wontner
Clifford Evans
Allan Jeayes
music	Ronald Binge
cinematography	Mario Albertelli
studio	Two Cities Films
distributor	British Independent Exhibitors' Distributors
released
runtime	64 minutes
country	United Kingdom
Italy
language	English

Kathleen Connors
Basil Dillon
Giovacchino Forzano}} Clifford Evans Allan Jeayes Italy 13 Men and a Gun is a 1938 British-Italian war film directed by Mario Zampi and starring Arthur Wontner, Clifford Evans and Howard Marion-Crawford. It was written by Kathleen Connors, Basil Dillon and Giovacchino Forzano, and is an English-language version of the Italian film *Tredici uomini e un cannone (*1936).

Premise

During the First World War, Russian forces attempt to take out an Austrian artillery position.

Cast

Arthur Wontner as Captain
Clifford Evans as Jorg
Howard Marion-Crawford as Kramer
Allan Jeayes as General Vloty
Gibb McLaughlin as Colonel Vlatin
Wally Patch as Hans
Scott Harold as Ludwig
Donald Gray as Johann
Bernard Miles as Schultz
André Morell as Kroty
John Kevan as Peder

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "It is a pity that such promising and unusual material has not been turned to better account. The direction is uneven. There is some very fine acting and characterisation among the personnel of the gun team and here the direction shows a capacity above the ordinary. In the general handling of the plot and the transition from success and camaraderie to suspicion and the probability of sudden death before the firing squad, the quality of the direction is not maintained."

Kine Weekly wrote: "The theme, although based on fact, has much of the compelling mysticism of legend, but there are moments when its dramatic authenticity is lessened by indecisive direction. It takes too long to come to its point, and follows up this error with lack of culminating clarity. It is, however, an impressive experiment in the unusual, and is of sufficient psycholocgical interest to furnish dramatic refreshment for the more serious-minded. ... A play without a woman, this film is, at times, reminiscent of Journey's End but its keen psychological aspect is not backed up by concise treatment ."

References

"13 Men and a Gun".
"BFI {{!}} Film & TV Database {{!}}13 Men and a Gun (1938)".
"13 Men and a Gun (1938)". [[The New York Times]].
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