SouthbankProjecting the Archive: Counterblast
A ruthless Nazi scientist escapes from a POW camp in order to continue his work on developing the plague virus that he intends to unleash on Britain.
UK 1948
Directed by Paul L Stein
With Nova Pilbeam, Robert Beatty
Running time 99 mins
Certificate PG
The war may be over but Britain still needs to be on its guard when there are ruthless Nazi scientists like Dr Bruckner on the loose, especially when they still dream of the Thousand Year Reich. Bruckner (Mervyn Johns in splendid villainous mode) escapes from a POW camp in order to continue his work on developing the plague virus that he intends to unleash on Britain as part of a new war. Can his evil scheme be stopped in time? With the tension mounting to an exciting climax, it’s bound to be a close-run thing.
This screening will be introduced by an Archive curator.
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