Clue of the Silver Key

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Clue of the Silver Key
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Directed by Gerard Glaister
Written by Philip Mackie
Based on The Clue of the Silver Key by Edgar Wallace
Produced by Jack Greenwood
Jim O'Connolly
Starring
Cinematography Bert Mason
Edited by Derek Holding
Music by Bernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Clue of the Silver Key is a 1961 British second feature ('B') [1] crime film directed by Gerard Glaister and starring Bernard Lee, Lyndon Brook and Finlay Currie. [2] The screenplay was by Philip Mackie based on the 1930 Edgar Wallace novel of the same title. [3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Contents

Cast

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Smooth staging, a straightforward whodunit plot line, a touch of humour and a strong cast headed by Bernard Lee's painstaking police investigator make this one of the better Edgar Wallace thrillers." [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Clue of the Silver Key". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ↑ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 246. ISBN   9783598114922.
  4. ↑ "Clue of the Silver Key". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 28 (324): 141. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.


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