Meet Mr. Malcolm

1954 British film by Daniel Birt

  • Roger East (novel)
  • Brock Williams
Produced by
  • Theo Lageard
  • Bernard Robinson
Starring
  • Adrianne Allen
  • Sarah Lawson
  • Meredith Edwards
CinematographyHone GlendinningEdited byAnne BarkerMusic byFrank Chacksfield
Production
company
Corsair Pictures
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé (UK)
Release date
  • January 1954 (1954-01) (UK)
Running time
65 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Meet Mr. Malcolm is a 1954 British 'B'[1] crime film directed by Daniel Birt and starring Adrianne Allen, Sarah Lawson and Meredith Edwards.[2] It was written by Brock Williams based on the novel of the same name by Roger Burford (as Roger East).

Synopsis

Crime writer Colin Knowles is called in by his estranged wife Louie to solve a real-life murder when her employer's body is found at the bottom of a cliff.

Cast

  • Adrianne Allen as Mrs. Durant
  • Sarah Lawson as Louie Knowles
  • Richard Gale as Colin Knowles
  • Duncan Lamont as Supt. Simmons
  • Meredith Edwards as Whistler Grant
  • Pamela Galloway as Andrea Durant
  • John Horsley as Tony Barlow
  • John Blythe as Carrington-Phelps
  • Claude Dampier as Joe Tutt
  • Nigel Green as police sergeant
  • Simone Lovell
  • Jean St. Clair as Mrs O’Connor
  • Derek Prentice

Production

It was made at Kensington Studios as a second feature.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This kind of well-mannered, guessing game detective thriller seems rather old-fashioned. The acting, in the English drawing-room style, with its adjunct, the well-modulated speaking voice, is conscientious but unimpressive, and Claude Dampier imitates the kind of countryman especially reserved for this type of picture. A dull crime story."[3]

Chibnall & McFarlane called the film "an incoherent murder mystery".[1]

TV Guide wrote: "Not very interesting."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Meet Mr. Malcolm". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Meet Mr. Malcolm". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 21 (240): 26. 1 January 1954 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ "Meet Mr. Malcolm". TV Guide.

External links

  • Meet Mr. Malcolm at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Meet Mr. Malcolm then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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