The Strangers Came

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The Strangers Came
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Directed by Alfred Travers
Written by
  • Tom Duggan
  • Alfred Healy
  • Alfred Travers
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyCyril Arapoff
Edited byErnest Hilton
Music byEamonn O'Gallagher
Production
company
Distributed byGrand National Pictures
Release date
  • December 1949 (1949-12)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Strangers Came (also known as You Can't Fool an Irishman) is a 1949 British second feature ('B') [1] comedy film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Tommy Duggan, Shirl Conway and Shamus Locke. [2] It was written by Duggan, Alfred Healy and Travers and made by Vandyke Productions. [3]

Contents

Plot

A self-important American filmmaker goes to a small Irish village with plans to make a movie about the life of St Patrick.

Cast

Production

Some of the film was shot on location in Ireland. [4]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The theme has possibilities which are not fulfilled due to the script's feeble attempts at wit, and amateurish acting by minor members of the cast. A very poor relation of Whisky Galore." [5]

Variety wrote: "Imported from Eire, You Can't Fool An Irishman burlesques Hollywood in an amateurish way. The comedy is broad and the situations occasionally reminiscent of Mack Sennett. Picture offers little for general U. S. release, but may eke out a fair return if carefully marketed in Hibernian neighborhoods." [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 122. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "The Strangers Came". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
  3. ↑ "The Strangers Came (1949)". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Strangers Came" . Kine Weekly . 392 (2214): 15. 6 October 1949 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "The Strangers Came" . The Monthly Film Bulletin . 16 (181): 218. 1 January 1949 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "The Strangers Came" . Variety . 181 (1): 25. 13 December 1950 – via ProQuest.
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