Montgomery Tully
Montgomery Tully (born May 6, 1904 in Dublin , Ireland as Geoffrey Wycombe Montgomery-Tully , † October 10, 1988 in London ) was an Irish film director and screenwriter . He has directed over 50 film productions, including The Gangster Syndicate , Diamonds , The Man in the Shadow, and The Blind Spider
life and career
Montgomery Tully, born in 1904 in Dublin as Geoffrey Wycombe Montgomery-Tully, began his career in 1929 with documentaries. In 1937 he made his first short film with a co-operetta with Stanley Holloway in the lead role. He remained loyal to this genre even during the Second World War . After the war in 1945, Tully began shooting a large number of low-budget productions for British cinema as a screenwriter and director . Between 1945 and 1967 numerous productions in the crime and action film genre were created. Among other things, he directed the psychological thriller The Blind Spider in 1957, starring Skip Homeier , Paul Carpenter and Patricia Dainton. The film was made by Gibraltar Films Ltd. produced. Alfie Bass and Sean Connery appeared in minor supporting roles .
Tully shot several times in his career with actors Zachary Scott and Betty McDowall . Other leading actors in his films included William Hartnell , Dennis O'Keefe , Dan Duryea , Rod Cameron , Richard Arlen , Vincent Ball and Laurence Payne .
Montgomery Tully wrote around 20 screenplays in his career and directed numerous short films and various episodes for British TV series in addition to numerous feature films. Tully died on October 10, 1988 at the age of 84 in his adopted home, London.
Filmography (selection)
Film director
- movie theater
- 1945: Murder in Reverse
- 1946: Spring Song
- 1947: Mrs. Fitzherbert
- 1949: Boys in Brown
- 1951: Five Girls and a Man (London segment) (A Tale of Five Cities)
- 1952: Girdle of Gold
- 1953: Small Town Story
- 1953: The Gangster Syndicate (36 Hours)
- 1954: Diamond Expert
- 1954: Diamonds (The Diamond)
- 1954: Five Days
- 1954: At night at Devil's Point
- 1955: The Glass Cage
- 1955: Dial 999
- 1957: banks, bigwigs and bandits (The Counterfeit Plan)
- 1957: The Blind Spider (No Road Back)
- 1957: The Key Man
- 1957: The Hypnotist
- 1957: Man in the Shadow
- 1958: The Diplomatic Corpse
- 1958: With 1000 volts to death (escapement)
- 1958: No Tears for the Killer (The Mail Van Murder)
- 1958: The Strange Awakening
- 1958: The Long Knife
- 1958: Man with a Gun
- 1958: I Only Arsked!
- 1959: The Price of Silence
- 1959: Man Accused
- 1960: The boss was faster than Scotland Yard (jackpot)
- 1960: Before the Change - Murder (Dead Lucky)
- 1960: The House on Marsh Road
- 1960: The Man Who Was Nobody
- 1961: The Middle Course
- 1961: Two Wives at One Wedding
- 1961: The Third Alibi (The Third Alibi)
- 1962: She Knows, Y'Know
- 1962: Out of the Fog
- 1964: Master Spy
- 1964: Clash by Night
- 1966: Who Killed the Cat? (Who Killed the Cat?)
- 1967: The Terrornauts
- 1967: Battle Beneath the Earth
- watch TV
- 1955: Fabian of the Yard (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1960: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1960: Man from Interpol (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1961: Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
Screenwriter (selection)
- 1945: For You Alone
- 1945: Wedding Waltz (Waltz Time)
- 1945: Murder in Reverse
- 1946: Spring Song
- 1947: Mrs. Fitzherbert
- 1949: Boys in Brown
- 1955: Dial 999
- 1957: The Blind Spider (No Road Back)
- 1957: The Hypnotist
- 1960: The boss was faster than Scotland Yard (jackpot)
- 1961: The Third Alibi (The Third Alibi)
- 1962: She Knows, Y'Know
- 1962: Out of the Fog
- 1964: Master Spy
- 1964: Clash by Night
- 1966: Who Killed the Cat? (Who Killed the Cat?)
literature
Web links
- Montgomery Tully in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of Montgomery Tully in: The New York Times
- Films by Montgomery Tully with German distribution titles
Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data of Montgomery Tully in: Directors in British and Irish cinema: a reference companion , by Robert Murphy, Geoff Brown, Alan Burton, BFI, 2006, p. 594
- ↑ Montgomery Tully in: Historical Dictionary of Crime Films , by Geoff Mayer, Scarecrow Press, 2012, p. 378
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tully, Montgomery |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Montgomery-Tully, Geoffrey Wycombe (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin , Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 10, 1988 |
| Place of death | London , England |