Cloudburst (1951)

Cloudburst is a 1951 British drama film directed by Francis Searle, starring Robert Preston and featuring Elizabeth Sellars, Harold Lang, Colin Tapley, and Sheila Burrell. The screenplay is based on a play written by Leo Marks, a wartime cryptographer for the Special Operations Executive and author of the memoir 'Between Silk and Cyanide' (1998). The story follows a World War II veteran and former SOE operative who seeks revenge on the driver and passenger of a hit-and-run automobile that killed his wife. Cast: - Robert Preston as John Graham - Elizabeth Sellars as Carol Graham - Colin Tapley as Inspector Davis - Sheila Burrell as Lorna Dawson - Harold Lang as Mickie Fraser / Kid Python - Mary Germaine as Peggy Reece - George Woodbridge as Sergeant Ritchie - Lyn Evans as Chuck Peters - Thomas Heathcote as Jackie - Edith Sharpe as Mrs. Reece - Daphne Anderson as Kate - Edward Lexy as Cardew - James Mills as Thompson - Noel Howlett as Johnson - Martin Boddey as Desk Sergeant Runtime: 83 minutes.