The Missing Million
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| Directed by | Philip Brandon |
| Written by | James Seymour |
| Based on | The Missing Million by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Hugh Perceval |
| Starring | Linden Travers John Warwick Patricia Hilliard John Stuart |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | Walter Jentzsch |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | Signet Films |
| Distributed by | Associated British Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Missing Million is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard.[1] It is adapted from the 1923 novel The Missing Million by Edgar Wallace. A millionaire is persecuted by a criminal gang.
Plot
[edit]When millionaire-about-town Rex Walton (Ivan Brandt) mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton (Linden Travers) assists Inspector Dicker (John Stuart) in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal The Panda ("The Prince of Blackmailers").
Production
[edit]The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.
Cast
[edit]- Linden Travers – Joan Walton
- John Warwick – Bennett
- Patricia Hilliard – Dora Coleman
- John Stuart – Inspector Dicker
- Ivan Brandt – Rex Walton
- Brefni O'Rorke – Michael Coleman
- Charles Victor – Nobby Knowles
- Marie Ault – Mrs Tweedle
- Valentine Dyall as Collett
- James Donald as Police Officer
Critical reception
[edit]TV Guide called it a "routine second feature";[2] while Noirish wrote, "This is a very, very workaday comedy thriller, with most of the action being played as light entertainment and one character—the tiresomely misogynistic safecracker Nobby Knowles (Victor)—being played strictly for laughs".[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Missing Million". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
- ^ "The Missing Million". TVGuide.com.
- ^ "Missing Million, The (1942)". Noirish.
External links
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