Lisbon Story (1946 film)

Lisbon Story
Directed by	Paul L. Stein
Screenplay by	Jack Whittingham
Based on	play with music The Lisbon Story by Harry Parr Davies and Harold Purcell [1]
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Cinematography	Gerald Moss
Edited by	Douglas Myers
Music by	Hans May
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
Release date	20 May 1946 (1946-05-20)(UK)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Lisbon Story is a 1946 British musical thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar, Walter Rilla and Austin Trevor. ^{[2] [3]} It was based on the musical The Lisbon Story by Harold Purcell and Harry Parr Davies that ran at The Hippodrome in 1943. ^[4] The screenplay concerns a cabaret singer and a British intelligence officer who travel to Berlin to rescue an atomic scientist being held there. ^[5]

Cast

• Patricia Burke as Gabrielle Girard
• David Farrar as David Warren
• Walter Rilla as Karl von Schriner
• Lawrence O'Madden as Michael O'Rourke
• Austin Trevor as Major Lutzen
• Paul Bonifas as Stephan Corelle
• Ralph Truman as Police Commissionaire
• Joan Seton as Lisette
• Harry Welchman as George Duncan
• Martin Walker as Journalist
• Noele Gordon as Panache
• Esme Percy as Mariot
• Allan Jeayes as Dr. Cartier
• John Ruddock as Pierre Sargon
• Uriel Porter as Joe
• Richard Tauber made a cameo appearance, singing Pedro the Fisherman and other numbers.

References

1. Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
2. "The Lisbon Story (1946) - Paul Stein - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
3. Vagg, Stephen (14 September 2025). "Forgotten British Film Moguls: Lady Yule". Filmink. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
4. The Lisbon Story, Guide to Musical Theatre
5. "Lisbon Story". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.

External links

• Lisbon Story at IMDb