We Shall See

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We Shall See
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Directed by Quentin Lawrence
Written byDonal Giltinan
Based onnovel We Shall See! by Edgar Wallace
Produced by Jack Greenwood
Starring Maurice Kaufmann
Faith Brook
Alec Mango
Cinematography James Wilson
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)(UK)
Running time
61 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

We Shall See is a 1964 British drama film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook and Alec Mango. [1] [2] It was adapted from a 1926 novel We Shall See! by Edgar Wallace, and was made at Merton Park Studios as part of the long-running series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries. [3] [4]

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Plot

Alva, the mentally unbalanced wife of airline pilot Evan Collins, wants her husband to leave his job. However, she is tragically killed when someone throws a hive of bees into her bedroom. Police deduce that whoever was responsible knew that Alva was allergic to the insects. Each member of the household, both relatives and staff, comes under suspicion, as her psychotic behaviour has both alienated and given everyone a personal interest in her demise.

Cast

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine but competently managed thriller, quite well acted. The plot works up steadily to the anticipated death of the psychopathic wife by bee-sting, and the introduction of the swarm into her room makes an effective climax. Otherwise not very remarkable." [5]

TV Guide wrote, "Predating The Deadly Bees [1967] by three years, We Shall See is theoretically the first "killer bee" movie," but the reviewer concluded, "The rest of the picture ... is standard crime fare." [6]

SKY Movies observed, "A well-acted Edgar Wallace thriller about a woman who antagonises everyone she meets. She is also very scared of bees ... This difficult central character is strongly acted by Faith Brook. The daughter of Clive Brook, a superstar of both British and Hollywood films in the Twenties and Thirties ... [the director] manages an extremely effective climax as with the help of a few hundred bees and the special effects men." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "We Shall See". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "We Shall See (1964)". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009.
  3. ↑ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "» EDGAR WALLACE AT MERTON PARK – by Tise Vahimagi".
  5. ↑ "We Shall See". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 31 (360): 109. 1 January 1964 – via ProQuest.
  6. ↑ "We Shall See".
  7. ↑ "We Shall See".


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