An Inspector Calls (film)
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| An Inspector Calls | |
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| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Produced by | A.D. Peters |
| Written by | Play: J.B. Priestley Screenplay: Desmond Davis |
| Starring | Alastair Sim Jane Wenham Brian Worth Eileen Moore |
| Music by | Francis Chagrin |
| Cinematography | Edward Scaife (as Ted Scaife) |
| Editing by | Alan Osbiston |
| Distributed by | British Lion Film Corporation (UK) Associated Artists Productions (USA) |
| Release date(s) |  16 March 1954 25 November 1954 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Language | English |
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- For the play on which this film is based see An Inspector Calls. For the 1982 TV adaptation see An Inspector Calls (TV movie).
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.
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[edit] Plot summary
Set in 1912, a dinner party held by the upper-class Birling family is interrupted by police inspector Poole[1] (changed from his original name of Inspector Goole,[2] in the play). He is investigating a suicide.
[edit] Production
An Inspector Calls was filmed at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, under the auspices of the Watergate Productions Ltd.
[edit] Cast
- Alastair Sim as Inspector Poole[1]
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ a b A.W., "An Inspector Calls (1954) -- At the Plaza", New York Times, November 26, 1954
- ^ An Inspector Calls, Internet Broadway Database
[edit] External links
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