Chelsea Story

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Chelsea Story
Directed by Charles Saunders
Written by John Gilling
Produced byCharles Reynolds
Derek Wynne
Starring
CinematographyEdward Lloyd
Edited by Marjorie Saunders
Music by Arthur Wilkinson
Production
company
Present Day Productions Ltd.
Release date
  • 1951 (1951)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Chelsea Story is a 1951 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Henry Mollison, Sydney Tafler and Ingeborg von Kusserow. [2] [3] It was written by John Gilling.

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Plot

Fletcher Gilchrist offers £100 to anyone who will break into a house. Journalist Mike Harvey accepts the bet but he and another man are caught when the latter murders the owner of the house. Harvey escapes custody, determined to seek revenge on Gilchrist.

Cast

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Unconvincing thriller." [4]

Kine Weekly wrote: "The film does not aim high, but it gets around and ends on a tense note. Sidney Tafler, as the evil Fletcher, hasn't the biggest part, but he is easily the most impressive of the cast. He really makes his presence felt and holds the drama together. Authentic backgrounds effectively round off colourful tabloid thick ear." [5]

Picture Show wrote: "Rather far-fetched but quite thrilling melodrama .... Authentic settings help along its reality." [6]

Chibnall and McFarlane in The British 'B' Film call it "a talky noir melodrama." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: British Film Institute/Bloomsbury. p. 127. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Chelsea Story". British Film Institute. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Chelsea Story". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
  4. ↑ "Chelsea Story" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 18 (204): 311. 1 January 1951 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "Chelsea Story" . Kine Weekly . 412 (2297): 23. 5 July 1951 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "Chelsea Story" . Picture Show . 57 (1479): 10. 4 August 1951 – via ProQuest.
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