An Inspector Calls (1954 film)
- An Inspector Calls (1954 film)
Infobox Film
name = An Inspector Calls
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image_size = 180px
caption = DVD cover
writer = J.B. Priestley (play)
Desmond Davis (screenplay)
starring = Alastair Sim
Jane Wenham
Brian Worth
Eileen Moore
director = Guy Hamilton
producer = A. D. Peters
cinematography = Edward Scaife
(as Ted Scaife)
editing = Alan Osbiston
country = UK
distributor = British Lion Film Corporation
Associated Artists Productions
released = UK 16 March 1954
nowrap|USA 25 November 1954
runtime = 80 minutes
music = Francis Chagrin
language = English
imdb_id = 47119
amg_id = 1:96619
"An Inspector Calls" is a 1954 film directed by Guy Hamilton and written for the screen by Desmond Davis. It is based upon a play of the same name by J.B. Priestley. It stars Alastair Sim, Jane Wenham, and Brian Worth.
Plot summary
Set in 1912, a dinner party held by the upper-class Birling family is interrupted by police inspector Poole, investigating a suicide. [cite news | author=A.W. | title=An Inspector Calls (1954) At the Plaza| url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9F07E7DF123DE23BBC4E51DFB767838F649EDE | work=The New York Times | date=26 November 1954 | accessdate=2008-10-09] In the original play, the lead character's name was Inspector Goole. [cite web | title=An Inspector Calls | url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4605 | work=The Internet Broadway Database| date=2008 | accessdate=2008-09-18]
Production
"An Inspector Calls" was filmed at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, under the auspices of the Watergate Productions Ltd.
Cast
*Alastair Sim as Inspector Poole
*Jane Wenham as Eva Smith
*Brian Worth as Gerald Croft
*Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling
*Olga Lindo as Sybil Birling
*Arthur Young as Arthur Birling
*Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling
*Norman Bird as Foreman Jones-Collins
*Charles Saynor as Police Sergeant Arnold Ransom
References
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