Find the Lady | |
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Directed by | Charles Saunders |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Hayles |
Story by | Paul Erickson Dermot Palmer |
Produced by | John Temple-Smith |
Starring | Donald Houston Mervyn Johns Beverly Brooks |
Cinematography | Brendan J. Stafford |
Edited by | Richard Sidwell |
Music by | Ray Terry Philip Martell (musical director) |
Production companies | Major Productions Act Productions |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £12,000 [1] |
Find the Lady is a 1956 British comedy thriller 'B' [2] film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns. [3]
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her godmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Intended presumably as a comedy thriller, Find the Lady lacks wit and is only intermittently exciting. It is difficult to decide from Beverly Brooks' performance whether the heroine is meant to be as empty-headed as she appears. Of the supporting cast, only Maurice Kaufman and Edwin Richfield manage to bring any conviction to their parts." [4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Neatly plotted comedy-thriller taher short on genuine humour." [5]
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