Blast of Silence

<b>Book tickets for two or more of our <a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/noirvember">Noirvember</a> films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> Shot in New York often without filming permits, with blacklisted writers and actors on the crew, and with a final chase filmed during the only hurricane in the 20th century to cover the entirety of the US east coast, it's a wonder <i>Blast of Silence</i> made it past pre-production let alone onto cinema screens across the world. In fact, writer/director Allen Baron (who also became the leading actor after Peter Falk pulled out) only had equipment to shoot with after smuggling it out of Cuba, where he was wanted for shooting a man and having an affair with a Cuban gangster's girlfriend! We're so thankful it did, however - that final chase scene, shot in one take at a rumoured mob dumping ground, is forever iconic, and the film makes for a perfect Christmas noir to pair with <i>Cash on Demand</i> to extend Noirvember just a little bit longer. A gun-for-hire hailing from Cleveland is tasked to target a second-rate mob boss in New York. However, a special woman from his past and a heavyweight gun runner with pet rats throw spanners in the works.CrimePT1H17M152025-12-14
Allen Baron
Molly McCarthy
Larry Tucker
Allen Baron
Merrill S. Brody
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Showtimes

December 14, 1:15 pm

Filmhouse Cinema