Come Back Peter (1952 film)

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Come Back Peter
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Directed by Charles Saunders
Written byCharles Saunders
Based onPlay Come Back Peter by A.P. Dearsley [1]
Produced by Charles Reynolds
Starring
Cinematography Ted Lloyd
Edited by Margery Saunders
Music by Arthur Wilkinson
Production
company
Charles Reynolds Productions
Distributed byApex Film Distributors
Release date
November 1952
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Come Back Peter is a 1952 second feature [2] British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Patrick Holt, Peter Hammond and Humphrey Lestocq. [3] It was an independent picture by Charles Reynolds Productions.

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Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A busy domestic comedy, angled to the housing shortage problem; it is high-spirited and obvious, and has plent of clean and reasonably good fun." [4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Light fun with lots of incident." [5]

TV Guide wrote: "Unmemorable comedy." [6]

Allmovie wrote "Some laughs, some tears, some pretzels, some beers. Come Back Peter went down easily in a brisk 80 minutes." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 291. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. ↑ "Come Back Peter". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Come Back Peter". Monthly Film Bulletin . 19 (216): 109. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 294. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
  6. ↑ "Come Back Peter | TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  7. ↑ "Come Back Peter (1952) - Charles Saunders | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.


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