The Bloody Brood

The Bloody Brood is a 1959 Canadian thriller film directed by Julian Roffman.

The Bloody Brood
Directed byJulian Roffman
Written byAnne Howard Bailey (story)
Ben Kerner (writer)
Elwood Ullman (writer)
Produced byJulian Roffman (producer)
StarringSee below
CinematographyEugen Schüfftan
Edited byRobert Johnson
Music byHarry Freedman
Production
companies
Meridian Studios
Julian Roffman Productions
Distributed byKey Films (1959, Canada)
Allied Artists Pictures (1960, United States)
Release date
October 1959
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Premise

A man begins to investigate on his own the death of his brother, who died from eating a hamburger laced with ground glass. With the police case stalled because of ineptness, the man's own investigation leads him toward a beatnik hang-out frequented by Nico (Peter Falk), a shady character who supplies drugs to the patrons and philosophizes about the ills of the world.

Cast
  • Jack Betts as Cliff
  • Barbara Lord as Ellie
  • Peter Falk as Nico
  • Robert Christie as Detective McLeod
  • Ron Hartmann as Francis
  • Anne Collins as A Model
  • Bill Bryden as Studs
  • George Sperdakos as Ricky
  • Ron Taylor as Dave
  • Michael Zenon as Weasel
  • William R. Kowalchuk as Roy
  • Sammy Sales as Louis
  • Kenneth Wickes as Paul the Poet
  • Carol Starkman as Blonde Neighbor
  • Rolf Colstan as Stephanex

Production

The production interiors were lensed at the Community Theatre, on Woodbine Avenue, in Toronto, a cinema that had been earlier retrofitted for use as a TV studio after 1955.[1][2][3][4] Ralph Foster and Julian Roffman founded Meridian Studios in 1954.[5][6][7]

Reception

Author and film critic Leonard Maltin awarded the film two out of four stars, calling it "[A] laughable, thoroughly cynical depiction of the Beat Generation."[8]

References
  1. "Community Theatre in Toronto, CA". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  2. "Toronto's old Community Theatre on Woodbine Avenue". Historic Toronto. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. "Bloody Brood (1959)". KQEK. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. "Reel Beach: Director Sidney J. Furie, the Community Theatre on Woodbine, Meridian Films and Peter Falk". Beach Metro Community News. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  5. https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/Archive-Broadcaster-Canada/60s/60/BCC-1960-01-21.pdf
  6. "Sidney Furie and A Dangerous Age". Torontoist. 4 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  7. "Community Theatre". TorontoJourney416. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. Leonard Maltin; Spencer Green; Rob Edelman (January 2010). Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide. Plume. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-452-29577-3.


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