Naked Fury

1959 British film by Charles Saunders

1959 (1959)

Running time

64 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Naked Fury (U.S. title: The Pleasure Lovers^[1]) is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by Charles Saunders.^[2]

Plot

Four criminals attack a night watchman while robbing a warehouse. After kidnapping the daughter of their victim, they hide. One of the robbers falls for their hostage, leading to tension between the thieves, especially when the night watchman succumbs to his injuries.

Cast

Reed De Rouen as Eddy
Kenneth Cope as Johnny
Leigh Madison as Carol
Arthur Lovegrove as Syd
Alexander Field as Vic
Tommy Eytle as Steve
Ann Lynn as Stella
Marianne Brauns as Joy
Arthur Gross as Tom Parker
Redmond Phillips as Inspector Stevens
Eric Woodburn as Frank Hawking
Denis Shaw as Captain Horst

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Hard-boiled melodrama. ... The leading characters take it as well as dish it out; night club divertissement punctuates the rough stuff; and its salutary and spectacular climax is clear proof that crime doesn't pay. Good British "second".^[3]

In British Sound Films David Quinlan writes: "Second-feature is better than it sounds, holds the attention."^[4]

References

^ "Naked Fury". Radio Times.
^ "Naked Fury". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^ "Naked Fury". Kine Weekly. 513 (273): 30. 4 February 1960.
^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. pp. 350–351. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

External links

Naked Fury at IMDb
Naked Fury at ReelStreets

Films by Charles Saunders

Feature films

Director	No Exit (1930) Everything Is Thunder (1936) Tawny Pipit (1944) (co-director, Bernard Miles) The Way to the Stars (1945, director of Second Unit) The White Unicorn (1947, location director) Fly Away Peter (1948) Trouble in the Air (1948) Your Witness (1950, assistant to director) Dark Interval (1950) Chelsea Story (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Death of an Angel (1952) Blind Man's Bluff (1952) Come Back Peter (1952) Black Orchid (1953) Love in Pawn (1953) The Scarlet Web (1954) The Golden Link (1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) One Jump Ahead (1955) The Hornet's Nest (1955) A Time to Kill (1955) The Narrowing Circle (1956) Behind the Headlines (1956) Find the Lady (1956) Murder Reported (1957) There's Always a Thursday (1957) The Man Without a Body (1957) Date with Disaster (1957) Kill Her Gently (1957) The End of the Line (1957) Womaneater (1958) Nudist Paradise (1958) Naked Fury (1959) Strictly Confidential (1959) Operation Cupid (1959) The Gentle Trap (1960) Dangerous Afternoon (1961) Jungle Street (1961) Danger by My Side (1963)
Editor	Enter the Queen (1930) Bill's Legacy (1931) Immediate Possession (1931) Peace and Quiet (1931) We dine at Seven (1931) Detective Lloyd (1931) The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931) The Guv'nor (1935) O.H.M.S. (1937) Take My Tip (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Sweet Devil (1938) The Ware Case (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Alibi (1942, supervising editor) The Gentle Sex (1943)
Cutter	Cottage to Let (1941) I Thank You (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Script writer	Tawny Pipit (1944) Come Back Peter (1952)