The Violent Enemy

The Violent Enemy
Directed byDon Sharp
Written byEdmund Ward
Based onnovel A Candle for the Dead by Hugh Marlow (Jack Higgins)
Produced byWilfred Eades
executive
William Gell
StarringTom Bell
Susan Hampshire
Ed Begley
Noel Purcell
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byThom Noble
Music byJohn Scott (as Patrick John Scott)
Production
companies
Distributed byMonarch Film Corporation
London Independent Producers
Release date
  • 18 May 1969 (1969-05-18)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£250,000

The Violent Enemy (also known as Came the Hero) is a 1969 film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire, Ed Begley, and Noel Purcell. It was written by Edmund Ward based on the 1966 novel A Candle for the Dead by Hugh Marlow (as Jack Higgins).

The plot concerns an IRA plot to blow up a British power station.