Wrong Number (1959 film)

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Wrong Number
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Directed by Vernon Sewell
Written byJames Eastwood
Norman Edwards
Produced by Nat Cohen
Stuart Levy
Jack Greenwood
Starring Peter Reynolds
Lisa Gastoni
Olive Sloane
Cinematography Josef Ambor
Edited by Derek Holding
Production
company
Merton Park Studios Productions
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 28 June 1959 (1959-06-28)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wrong Number is a 1959 British second feature [1] crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Reynolds, Lisa Gastoni and Olive Sloane. [2] [3] It was written by James Eastwood and Norman Edwards.

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Plot

Dr. Pole's gang hikacks a mail van, and one of the van drivers is killed by gang-member Angelo. Miss Crystal, an eccentric elderly lady, recalls once hearing Angelo's name mentioned when she mistakenly telephoned Dr. Pole's telephone number, and helps the police capture the gang.

Cast

Production

It was produced at Merton Park Studios in London. [1] : 147  The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime thriller, not always persuasive (the robbery scenes are quite unconvincing) and – apart from Olive Sloane's amusingly larger-than-life character study – uninteresting in performance." [4]

Picturegoer wrote: "The mail-van robbery that goes awry isn't new in itself. But the pay-off to this neatly tailored thriller is nicely ingenious ... The thieves, who inevitably fall out among themselves, are efficiently played ... while Olive Sloane overacts with relish the part of the old lady who traps them." [5]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Most unconvincing monor thriller; Olive Sloane's ripe performance at least punctuates the groans." [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 337. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (11 November 2024). "Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad". Filmink. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Wrong Number". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Wrong Number". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 26 (300): 126. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
  5. ↑ "Wrong Number". Picturegoer . 38: 11. 4 September 1959. ProQuest   1771145918.
  6. ↑ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 402. ISBN   0-7134-1874-5.
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