A special double feature of two noirs directed by Vernon Sewell. Two movies for five bucks!

A journeyman of British cinema and a B-movie specialist, director Vernon Sewell is perhaps better known to modern audiences for his ventures into horror cinema in the late 60s and early 70s with films such as THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR, THE CRIMSON CULT and the notorious grave robber horror comedy BURKE & HARE. This November, Spectacle highlights two of his earlier crime thrillers. Made as B-pictures, short features lacking the higher budgets and prestige of the A-features they proceeded, they are remarkable for their tight plotting, economical film-making, dark humor, stark visuals, sharp characterization, ratcheting suspense and explosive conclusions.

STRONGROOM
dir. Vernon Sewell, 1962
United Kingdom. 74 min.
In English.

THE MAN IN THE BACK SEAT
Dir. Vernon Sewell, 1961.
United Kingdom. 55 min.
In English.