Dick Barton Strikes Back is a 1949 British spy film about special agent Dick Barton. It was the third of three films that Hammer Film Productions made about the agent, although it was the second released.
Plot
Captain Richard 'Dick' Barton and his associate Snowey White, uncover a spyring of international psychopathic criminals with plans to dominate Great Britain, if not, the world, using a terrifying weapon of mass destruction.
Title
The film's title during production was Dick Barton and the Silent Plague.
Cast
Don Stannard as Dick Barton
Bruce Walker as Snowey White
Sebastian Cabot as Fouracada
James Raglan as Lord Armadale
Jean Lodge as Tina
Morris Sweden as Robert Creston
John Harvey as Major Henderson
Humphrey Kent as Colonel Gardener
Sidney Vivian as Inspector Burke
Tony Morelli as Nicholas
George Crawford as Alex
Larry Taylor as Nick (as Laurie Taylor)
Critical reception
Mystery File wrote: "This is a little kid's idea of a Spy Movie, with transparent trickery, obvious "surprise" villains and character development just below the level of a CLUE game, but it was clearly also the precursor of the James Bond films, with the suave, hard-fighting hero flung in and out of the clutches of sinister villains and predatory females with equal aplomb. It's a time-waster, sure, but a fun thing, with death rays, a sinister carnival and a really gripping final set-to up and down a (rather unsettlingly phallic) tower". The Spinning Image found "an excellent example of pure pulp cinema, Dick Barton Strikes Back is solidly entertaining and never flags, right up to the finish line". TV Guide called it "the best of the three "Dick Barton" films".