by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Teeny-tiny Hammer pictures built its reputation on second-feature melodramas before graduating to gore-encrusted horror epics. Cloudburst is a low-key thriller starring American actor Robert Preston, whose casting assured a certain degree of business in the States. Preston plays a code expert, resettled in England after the war and working at the British Foreign Office. One morning, Preston's wife is struck down and killed by a car driven by escaping criminals. Preston bypasses the efforts of Scotland Yard and pursues the criminals himself, using his codebreaking skills to track down the "big boys" in charge.
characteristics
- Revenge
- Retribution
- Vendetta
- Vengeance
- Vigilante
- Retaliation
- Out For Revenge
- Avenge
- Code [encryption]
- British
- Nail-biters
- Death Of A Partner
- Amateur Sleuths
- Hit-and-run
- Expert
