{{Short description|1951 British film by Lewis Gilbert}} {{redirect|Wall of Death (film)|the short film|The Wall of Death (Scotland Yard){{!}}''The Wall of Death'' (''Scotland Yard'')}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = There Is Another Sun | image = There is Another Sun DVD cover.jpg | caption = DVD cover | director = [[Lewis Gilbert]] | producer = [[Ernest G. Roy]] | writer = [[Guy Morgan (writer)|Guy Morgan]] | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Maxwell Reed]]|[[Laurence Harvey]]|[[Susan Shaw]]}} | music = [[Wilfred Burns]] | cinematography = {{ubl|[[Wilkie Cooper]]|Dudley Lovell}} | editing = [[Charles Hasse]] | distributor = {{ubl|[[Butcher's Film Service]] (UK)|[[Realart Pictures]] (US)}} | released = {{film date|df=yes|1951|6|12||1952|5|17|US}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''There Is Another Sun''''' (U.S. title: '''''Wall of Death''''') is a 1951 British [[drama film]] directed by [[Lewis Gilbert]] and starring [[Maxwell Reed]], [[Laurence Harvey]] and [[Susan Shaw]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=There Is Another Sun |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150054078 |access-date=24 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written by [[Guy Morgan (writer)|Guy Morgan]] and produced by [[Ernest G. Roy]].
==Cast== {{cast listing| * [[Maxwell Reed]] as Eddie 'Racer' Peskett * [[Laurence Harvey]] as Mag Maguire * [[Susan Shaw]] as Lillian * [[Leslie Dwyer]] as Mick Foley * [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] as Detective Sergeant Bratcher * [[Hermione Baddeley]] as Gypsy Sarah, fortune-teller * [[Robert Adair (actor)|Robert Adair]] as Sarno * [[Leslie Bradley]] as racetrack manager * [[Eric Pohlmann]] as Markie, club owner * [[Nosher Powell]] as Teddy Green, champ boxer * [[Earl Cameron (actor)|Earl Cameron]] as Ginger Jones, carnival boxer * [[Dennis Vance]] as Len Tyldesley * [[Laurence Naismith]] as Riley, Green's trainer * [[Charles Farrell (Irish actor)|Charles Farrell]] as Mr. Simmons, fight promoter * [[Wilfred Burns]] as pianist * [[Harry Fowler]] as first novice biker * [[Jennifer Jayne]] as Dora, Lil's friend at Markie's * [[Arthur Mullard]] as Harry, boxing booth contestant * [[Hal Osmond]] as Mannock * J.H. Messham as 1st Wall of Death rider * Jim Kynaston as 2nd Wall of Death rider * Tom Messham as 3rd Wall of Death rider }}
== Production == The film was shot at [[Walton Studios]], with sets designed by the [[art director]] [[George Provis]].
== Critical reception == ''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "The atmosphere of the fairground and the speedway is quite well caught, but the picture is otherwise mediocre. Most of the characters are weak-willed or unpleasant, the ending is trite and the playing, with the exception of Hermione Baddeley's effective appearance as a fortune teller, without distinction."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1951 |title=There Is Another Sun |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305814531 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=18 |issue=204 |pages=268 |id={{ProQuest|1305814531}} |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
''The [[Radio Times]] Guide to Films'' gave the film 3/5 stars, writing: "There's nothing new in the story and the performances of Maxwell Reed and Laurence Harvey have little to commend them. But director Lewis Gilbert's thoroughly nasty atmosphere conjured up in a place dedicated to enjoyment makes this unusually effective movie worth watching."<ref>{{Cite book |title=Radio Times Guide to Films |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]] |year=2017 |isbn=9780992936440 |edition=18th |location=London |pages=922}}</ref>
In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' [[David Quinlan (film critic)|David Quinlan]] rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Gloomy, depressing number; long too."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quinlan |first=David |title=British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 |publisher=[[Batsford Books|B.T. Batsford Ltd.]] |year=1984 |isbn=0-7134-1874-5 |location=London |pages=385}}</ref>
[[Leslie Halliwell]] said: "Glum quickie which was oddly popular."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Halliwell |first=Leslie |title=Halliwell's Film Guide |publisher=Paladin |year=1989 |isbn=0586088946 |edition=7th |location=London |pages=1008}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160309130652/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b80dbb6 ''There Is Another Sun''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}} * {{IMDb title|id=0044120|title=There Is Another Sun}} * {{TCMDb title|id=95024|title=There Is Another Sun}}
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