The Lost Hours | |
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Directed by | David MacDonald |
Written by | Steve Fisher John Gilling |
Story by | Robert S. Baker Carl Nystrom |
Produced by | Robert S. Baker Monty Berman |
Starring | Mark Stevens Jean Kent John Bentley |
Cinematography | Monty Berman |
Edited by | Reginald Beck |
Music by | William Hill-Bowen |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) RKO Radio Pictures (US) |
Release date | September 1952 |
Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Lost Hours is a 1952 British film noir directed by David MacDonald and starring Mark Stevens, Jean Kent and John Bentley. [1] [2] It was produced by Tempean Films which specialised in making second features at the time, and marked Kent's first descent into B films after her 1940s stardom. [3] It was shot at Isleworth Studios and on location around London. [4] [5] The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. It was released in the United States the following year by RKO Pictures as The Big Frame.
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