Dick Barton Strikes Back
Directed by	Godfrey Grayson
Written by	Elizabeth Baron and Ambrose Grayson, based on a story by Ambrose Grayson
Produced by	Anthony Hinds Mae Murray
Starring	Don Stannard Sebastian Cabot
Cinematography	Cedric Williams
Edited by	Ray Pitt
Music by	Rupert Grayson Frank Spencer
Production company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Exclusive Films
Release dates	3 June 1949 (1949-06-03) (United Kingdom) 4 May 1950 (1950-05-04) (United States)
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Dick Barton Strikes Back is a 1949 British spy film about special agent Dick Barton.^[1] It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the agent, although it was the second released.^[2]

Plot

Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his associate Snowey White, uncover a spyring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not, the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.

Title

The film's title during production was Dick Barton and the Silent Plague.^[3]

Cast

• Don Stannard as Dick Barton
• Bruce Walker as Snowey White
• Sebastian Cabot as Fouracada
• James Raglan as Lord Armadale
• Jean Lodge as Tina
• Morris Sweden as Robert Creston
• John Harvey as Major Henderson
• Humphrey Kent as Colonel Gardener
• Sidney Vivian as Inspector Burke
• Tony Morelli as Nicholas
• George Crawford as Alex
• Larry Taylor as Nick (as Laurie Taylor)

Critical reception

Mystery File wrote: "This is a little kid's idea of a Spy Movie, with transparent trickery, obvious "surprise" villains and character development just below the level of a CLUE game, but it was clearly also the precursor of the James Bond films, with the suave, hard-fighting hero flung in and out of the clutches of sinister villains and predatory females with equal aplomb. It's a time-waster, sure, but a fun thing, with death rays, a sinister carnival and a really gripping final set-to up and down a (rather unsettlingly phallic) tower."^[4] The Spinning Image found "an excellent example of pure pulp cinema, Dick Barton Strikes Back is solidly entertaining and never flags, right up to the finish line."^[5] TV Guide called it "the best of the three Dick Barton films".^[6]

References

External links

• Dick Barton Strikes Back at IMDb

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