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Someone at the Door is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Michael Medwin, Garry Marsh and Yvonne Owen.[2]

Someone at the Door
Directed by	Francis Searle
Screenplay by	A.R. Rawlinson
Based on	the play Someone at the Door by Major Campbell Christie & Dorothy Campbell Christie[1]
Produced by	Anthony Hinds
Starring	Michael Medwin Garry Marsh Yvonne Owen
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Edited by	John Ferris
Music by	Frank Spencer
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Exclusive Films (UK)
Release date	April 1950 (1950-04) (UK)
Running time	65 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Basis

The film was based on a hit West End play by Campbell Christie and his wife Dorothy, which had previously been turned into a film in 1936.[3][4][5]

Plot

A journalist comes up with a scheme to boost his career by inventing a fake murder but soon becomes embroiled in trouble when a real killing takes place.

Cast

• Michael Medwin as Ronnie Martin
• Garry Marsh as Kapel
• Yvonne Owen as Sally Martin
• Hugh Latimer as Bill Reid
• Danny Green as Price
• Campbell Singer as Inspector Spedding
• John Kelly as Police Constable

Critical reception

The Radio Times wrote, "this is Hammer hokum of the hoariest kind. There isn't a semblance of suspense...Not even the arrival of jewel thieves at the haunted house...can revive one's fast-fading interest. However, there is one good wheeze, during the credit sequence, when director Francis Searle reveals that the front of the old house is merely a flat piece of scenery erected in a field";[5] and Fantastic Movie Musings & Ramblings concluded, "it isn't much of a movie, but if you take it for what it is (a late-period old dark house variant based on a stage play), it has its uses. There are a few mildly amusing jokes and a couple of decent plot twists, which is more than some examples of this genre have."[6]

References

External links

• Someone at the Door at IMDb

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