The Fourth Square

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The Fourth Square
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Directed by Allan Davis
Written by James Eastwood
Based on Four Square Jane
by Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography Gerald Moss
Edited by Derek Holding
Music by James Stevens
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • June 1961 (1961-06)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

The Fourth Square is a 1961 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Conrad Phillips, Natasha Parry and Delphi Lawrence. [2] The screenplay was by James Eastwood, based on the 1929 Edgar Wallace Four Square Jane. [3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Production

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

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Briskly implausible Edgar Wallace thriller, sufficiently suspenseful to hold the interest; acting and direction, too, are quite slick considering the unassuming level of this series." [4]

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References

  1. Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 327. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. "The Fourth Square". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
  3. Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 486.
  4. "The Fourth Square". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 28 (324): 114. 1 January 1961 via ProQuest.