fiction.wikisort.org - MovieRoom to Let is a 1950 British historical thriller film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall and Constance Smith.[1] It was adapted from the BBC radio play by Margery Allingham, broadcast in 1947.[2][3]
1950 British film
Room to Let |
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Directed by | Godfrey Grayson |
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Written by | |
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Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
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Cinematography | Cedric Williams |
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Edited by | James Needs |
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Music by | Frank Spencer |
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Production company | Hammer Films |
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Distributed by | Exclusive Films |
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Release date | 15 May 1950 |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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Synopsis
After a fire at an insane asylum during the Edwardian era, a young journalist becomes convinced that one of the patients has escaped and taken lodgings at a local middle-class household. The mysterious "Doctor Fell" comes to dominate the three woman in the house - mother, daughter and maid - and increasingly shuts them off from outside contact. Despite a lack of assistance from the authorities, the journalist suspects that the Doctor is in fact the notorious Jack the Ripper who is planning a fresh series of attacks.
Cast
- Jimmy Hanley as Curly Minter
- Valentine Dyall as Doctor Fell
- Christine Silver as Mrs. Musgrave
- Merle Tottenham as Alice
- Constance Smith as Molly Musgrave
- Charles Hawtrey as Mike Atkinson
- Aubrey Dexter as Harding
- Anthony La Penna as JJ
- Reginald Dyson as Sergeant Cranbourne
- Laurence Naismith as Editor
- John Clifford as Atkinson
- Stuart Saunders as Porter
- Cyril Conway as Doctor Mansfield
- Charles Houston as Tom
- Harriet Petworth as Matron
- Charles Mander as P.C. Smith
- H. Hamilton Earle as Orderly
- F.A. Williams as Butler
- Archie Callum as Night Watchman
Critical reception
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, calling it "A fairly disturbing programmer which remains suspenseful to the end."[4] and Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings wrote, "This is basically a variation of THE LODGER, and a very effective one. Valentine Dyall steals the movie as the truly creepy lodger, Dr. Fell."[5]
References
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
Jack the Ripper in fiction |
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Seminal works |
- The Lodger
- Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution
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Letters |
- "Dear Boss" letter
- "From Hell" letter
- "Saucy Jacky" postcard
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Parody | |
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Music | |
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Stage |
- Earth Spirit (1895 play)
- Pandora's Box (1904 play)
- Lulu (1937 opera)
- The Lodger (1960 opera)
- The Ruling Class (1968 play)
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Comics |
- Blood of the Innocent (1985)
- Gotham by Gaslight (1989)
- From Hell (1989–98)
- Wonder Woman: Amazonia (1997)
- The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century (2009)
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Literature | Sherlock Holmes |
- The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978)
- The Whitechapel Horrors (1992)
- Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (2005)
- Dust and Shadow (2009)
- The Ripper Legacy (2016)
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Short stories |
- "A Toy for Juliette" (1967)
- "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World" (1967)
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Other |
- A Feast Unknown (1969)
- Time After Time (1979)
- Night of the Ripper (1984)
- Phantom Blood (1987)
- Naomi's Room (1991)
- Anno Dracula (1992)
- A Night in the Lonesome October (1993)
- Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend (1996)
- Matrix (1998)
- Lost (2001)
- Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed (2002)
- Blood and Fog (2003)
- The Witches of Chiswick (2003)
- Broken (2006)
- Darkside (2007)
- Lifeblood (2007)
- Dracula the Un-dead (2009)
- I, Ripper (2015)
- The Cutthroat (2017)
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Television | Series | |
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Episodes |
- "Wolf in the Fold" (1967)
- "Comes the Inquisitor" (1995)
- "Ripper" (1999)
- "Sanctuary for All" (2008)
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Other | |
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Video games |
- Jack the Ripper (1987)
- Ripper (1996)
- Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (1999)
- Shadow Man (1999)
- MediEvil 2 (2000)
- Jack the Ripper (2004)
- Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper (2009)
- The Ripper (canceled)
- Assassin's Creed Syndicate: Jack the Ripper (2015)
- Dance of Death: Du Lac & Fey (2019)
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Other | |
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