Meet Sexton Blake! is a 1945 British supporting feature drama film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Dennis Arundell, and John Varley.[3][4][5] It was one of two films in which David Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being The Echo Murders (1945), both directed by John Harlow.[6] Important documents are stolen from a dead man during an air raid, and the War Office call in Sexton Blake to investigate.[7]

Meet Sexton Blake!
Opening title card
Directed by	John Harlow
Screenplay by	John Harlow
Based on	The Mystery of the Free Frenchmen by Anthony Parsons[1]
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Starring	David Farrar Manning Whiley Dennis Arundell John Varley
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited by	Vi Burdon
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production companies	Strand Film Company (for) British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK)
Release date	5 February 1945 (1945-02-05) (UK)
Running time	80 minutes[2]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Cast

• David Farrar as Sexton Blake
• Manning Whiley as Raoul Sudd
• Dennis Arundell as Johann Sudd
• John Varley as Tinker
• Betty Huntley-Wright as Nobby
• Gordon McLeod as Inspector Venner
• Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Bardell
• Cyril Smith as Belford
• Magda Kun as Yvonne
• Ferdy Mayne as Slant-Eyes
• Charles Farrell as Skipper
• Roddy Hughes as Ferraby
• Philip Godfrey as James Baird
• Tony Arpino as Torch
• Charles Rolfe as Mario Carloni
• Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Baird

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film "entertaining in an unintended way", rating it two out of five stars.[8]

References

External links

• Meet Sexton Blake! at IMDb

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