Jump to content

The Armchair Detective

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Armchair Detective
Directed byBrendan J. Stafford
Written byErnest Dudley
Derek Elphinstone
Produced byDerek Elphinstone
Donald Ginsberg
StarringErnest Dudley
Hartley Power
Sally Newton
CinematographyBrendan J. Stafford
Music byJohn Hollingsworth
Production
company
Meridian Films
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1952 (1952)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Armchair Detective is a 1952 British mystery film directed by Brendan J. Stafford and starring Ernest Dudley, Hartley Power, and Sally Newton. It was made at Viking Studios. According to Stephen Chibnall "critics thought it better heard than seen."[1]

Cast

[edit]

Reception

[edit]

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Second feature British 'Whodunnit,' obviously cheaply made, and poorly directed. The film serves to show how very far the British are behind their slick American counterparts at this type of thing. Sally Newton (daughter of Robert Newton) once or twice shines through the blanket of the script in this, her first film."[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 127. ISBN 9781844575749.
  2. ^ "The Armchair Detective". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 19. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
[edit]