This Man in Paris

This Man in Paris
Australian theatrical poster
Directed by	David MacDonald
Written by	Roger MacDougall Allan MacKinnon
Produced by	Anthony Havelock-Allan
Starring	Barry K. Barnes Valerie Hobson Alastair Sim Edward Lexy
Cinematography	Henry Harris
Edited by	Reginald Beck
Production company	Pinebrook Films
Distributed by	Paramount British Pictures
Release date	July 1939 (1939-07)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

This Man in Paris is a 1939 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson and Alastair Sim.

It was a sequel to the 1938 film This Man Is News . ^[1] It was made at Denham Studios.

Premise

A British journalist and his wife travel to France to investigate a counterfeiting ring involving a British aristocrat. ^[2]

Cast

• Barry K. Barnes as Simon Drake
• Valerie Hobson as Pat Drake
• Alastair Sim as Lochlan Macgregor
• Edward Lexy as Holly
• Garry Marsh as Sergeant Bright
• Max Michel as Emile Beranger
• Mona Goya as Torch Bernal
• Anthony Shaw as General Craysham
• Cyril Chamberlain as Swindon
• Charles Oliver as Gaston
• Paul Sheridan as reception clerk

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "this well-done, clever comedy was a follow-up film to This Man is News, a British attempt to duplicate America's THIN MAN . However, this second film proved to be the last effort along those lines. Hobson is excellent in her role, though Barnes isn't quite the character he tries to be. Sim provides good comic support in another one of his eccentric specialties. Director MacDonald wins huzzahs for another entertaining middle-bracket crime story." ^[3]

References

1. Hal Erickson. "This Man Is News (1939) - David MacDonald - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
2. "This Man in Paris (1939)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
3. "This Man In Paris". TVGuide.com.

External links

This Man in Paris at IMDb