Someone at the Door (1950 film)
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| Directed by | Francis Searle |
| Screenplay by | A.R. Rawlinson |
| Based on | the play Someone at the Door by Major Campbell Christie & Dorothy Campbell Christie[1] |
| Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
| Starring | Michael Medwin Garry Marsh Yvonne Owen |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | John Ferris |
| Music by | Frank Spencer |
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| Distributed by | Exclusive Films (UK) |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Someone at the Door is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Michael Medwin, Garry Marsh and Yvonne Owen.[2]
Basis
[edit]The film was based on a hit West End play by Campbell Christie and his wife Dorothy, which had previously been turned into a film in 1936.[3][4][5]
Plot
[edit]A journalist comes up with a scheme to boost his career by inventing a fake murder but soon becomes embroiled in trouble when a real killing takes place.
Cast
[edit]- Michael Medwin as Ronnie Martin
- Garry Marsh as Kapel
- Yvonne Owen as Sally Martin
- Hugh Latimer as Bill Reid
- Danny Green as Price
- Campbell Singer as Inspector Spedding
- John Kelly as Police Constable
Critical reception
[edit]The Radio Times wrote, "this is Hammer hokum of the hoariest kind. There isn't a semblance of suspense...Not even the arrival of jewel thieves at the haunted house...can revive one's fast-fading interest. However, there is one good wheeze, during the credit sequence, when director Francis Searle reveals that the front of the old house is merely a flat piece of scenery erected in a field";[5] and Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings concluded, "it isn't much of a movie, but if you take it for what it is (a late-period old dark house variant based on a stage play), it has its uses. There are a few mildly amusing jokes and a couple of decent plot twists, which is more than some examples of this genre have."[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Someone at the Door (1950)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "Someone at the Door (1936)". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b "Someone at the Door – Film from RadioTimes".
- ^ Ramblings, Fantastic Movie Musings &. "Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings – SOMEONE AT THE DOOR(1950)".
External links
[edit]- 1950 films
- British crime comedy films
- British films based on plays
- Films directed by Francis Searle
- 1950s crime comedy films
- Remakes of British films
- Hammer Film Productions films
- 1950 comedy films
- British black-and-white films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s British films
- Films scored by Frank Spencer
- English-language crime comedy films