Find the Lady (1956 film)

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Find the Lady
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Directed by Charles Saunders
Screenplay by Kenneth Hayles
Story by Paul Erickson
Dermot Palmer
Produced byJohn Temple-Smith
Starring Donald Houston
Mervyn Johns
Beverly Brooks
Cinematography Brendan J. Stafford
Edited byRichard Sidwell
Music byRay Terry
Philip Martell (musical director)
Production
companies
Major Productions
Act Productions
Distributed by J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • October 1956 (1956-10)(UK)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£12,000 [1]

Find the Lady is a 1956 British comedy thriller 'B' [2] film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns. [3]

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Plot

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her godmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Intended presumably as a comedy thriller, Find the Lady lacks wit and is only intermittently exciting. It is difficult to decide from Beverly Brooks' performance whether the heroine is meant to be as empty-headed as she appears. Of the supporting cast, only Maurice Kaufman and Edwin Richfield manage to bring any conviction to their parts." [4]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Neatly plotted comedy-thriller taher short on genuine humour." [5]

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References

  1. MacFarlane, Brian (1997). An autobiography of British cinema : as told by the filmmakers and actors who made it. p. 521.
  2. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 155. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  3. "Find the Lady". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  4. "Find the Lady". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 23 (264): 140. 1 January 1956 via ProQuest.
  5. Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 309. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.