The Sniper
strong threat
Director(s)Edward Dmytryk
Production year1952
Date21/02/1952
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Film_noir
Approx. running minutes88m
CastArthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, Frank Faylen, Richard Kiley, Mabel Paige, Marlo Dwyer, Geraldine Carr, Fred Aldrich, Edward Dmytryk, Harry Brown, Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Stanley Kramer, George Antheil, Burnett Guffey, Aaron Stell, Rudolph Sternad
The Sniper
strong threat
THE SNIPER is a black-and-white crime thriller, from 1952, in which detectives search for a killer who hunts women in th ...
THE SNIPER is a black-and-white crime thriller, from 1952, in which detectives search for a killer who hunts women in the streets of San Francisco.
threat and horror
The killer identifies female victims and follows them, including to their homes, where he shoots them from a distance. It is suggested that there may be a sexual motive to his crimes.
additional issues
The violence is moderate, with only a suggestion of resulting blood. There are investigative references to rape and other sexually motivated crimes. There is a scene of self-harm. When a boy has a tantrum, his mother slaps him.
Classified Date:
17/06/1952
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
21/02/1952
Version:
2D
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
strong threat
Classified Date:
07/05/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Powerhouse Films UK
threat and horror
The killer identifies female victims and follows them, including to their homes, where he shoots them from a distance. It is suggested that there may be a sexual motive to his crimes.
additional issues
The violence is moderate, with only a suggestion of resulting blood. There are investigative references to rape and other sexually motivated crimes. There is a scene of self-harm. When a boy has a tantrum, his mother slaps him.
threat and horror
The killer identifies female victims and follows them, including to their homes, where he shoots them from a distance. It is suggested that there may be a sexual motive to his crimes.
additional issues
The violence is moderate, with only a suggestion of resulting blood. There are investigative references to rape and other sexually motivated crimes. There is a scene of self-harm. When a boy has a tantrum, his mother slaps him.
Director(s)Edward Dmytryk
Production year1952
Date21/02/1952
Genre(s)Crime, Drama, Film_noir
Approx. running minutes88m
CastArthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, Frank Faylen, Richard Kiley, Mabel Paige, Marlo Dwyer, Geraldine Carr, Fred Aldrich, Edward Dmytryk, Harry Brown, Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt, Stanley Kramer, George Antheil, Burnett Guffey, Aaron Stell, Rudolph Sternad
Classified Date:
17/06/1952
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Unsuitable for classification
Classified Date:
21/02/1952
Version:
2D
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Unsuitable for classification:
The BBFC determined this content to be unsuitable for classification at the time it was submitted.
strong threat
Classified Date:
07/05/2021
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Powerhouse Films UK
threat and horror
The killer identifies female victims and follows them, including to their homes, where he shoots them from a distance. It is suggested that there may be a sexual motive to his crimes.
additional issues
The violence is moderate, with only a suggestion of resulting blood. There are investigative references to rape and other sexually motivated crimes. There is a scene of self-harm. When a boy has a tantrum, his mother slaps him.
