For the deluxe new Hammer package of Shatter (starring Stuart Whitman and the matchless Peter Cushing), I supplied an essay on Seventies Crime Movies. It was a golden era, and Shatter is an entry in a notably fruitful period for the genre. Looking back from the current era reminds us just how many gems appeared then, both British and American (not to mention from other points of the globe). It’s instructive to take a look at what viewers enjoyed in the crime field some 50 years ago – and can still enjoy courtesy of the silver disc medium… I take that look in the substantial booklet that accompanies Shatter…
