Meet Maxwell Archer is a 1940 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring John Loder, Leueen MacGrath and Athole Stewart.[1] The screenplay concerns a private detective who attempts to clear a man wrongly accused of murder. The film was based on the 1938 novel by Hugh Clevely.[2] It was released in the U.S. in 1942 as Maxwell Archer, Detective.[3]
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Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
Written by | Katherine Strueby |
Based on | the novel Archer Plus Twenty by Hugh Clevely |
Produced by | William Sistrom |
Starring | John Loder |
Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
Edited by | Alan Jaggs |
Music by | W.L. Trytel (uncredited) |
Production company | RKO Radio British Productions |
Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (UK) |
Release date | 17 February 1940 (UK) |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
The film was coldly received. TV Guide wrote, "Oh where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Poorly made with a dopey script that gives the actors little room to breathe, let alone act."[4]
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