fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Gaunt Stranger (released as The Phantom Strikes in the US) is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Walter Forde. It stars Sonnie Hale, Wilfrid Lawson and Alexander Knox.
1939 British film
The Gaunt Stranger |
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British poster for The Gaunt Stranger |
Directed by | Walter Forde |
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Screenplay by | Sidney Gilliat |
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Based on | The Ringer [1] by Edgar Wallace |
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Produced by | Michael Balcon |
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Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
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Edited by | Charles Saunders |
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Music by | Ernest Irving |
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Production company | Ealing Studios |
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Distributed by | ABFD (UK) |
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Release date |
- 10 January 1939 (1939-01-10) (UK)[2]
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Running time | 74 minutes [3] |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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Plot
A notorious killer, long believed to have died in Australia, returns to England seeking revenge for the death of his sister. The "Ringer" threatens to murder the criminal mastermind Maurice Meister. Detective Inspector Alan Wembury is assigned to the case and, despite his strong dislike for Meister, attempts to protect him with the reluctant assistance of another criminal, Sam Hackett, who has been released from prison as he is the only man able to identify the "Ringer". Even with his help, Wembury struggles to unmask their target before the time at which Meister is due to be killed.
Cast
Production and release
The film was made by and at Ealing Studios,[4] and was the company's first release after Michael Balcon's appointment as head of production. It was based on the 1925 novel The Gaunt Stranger by Edgar Wallace, which had been renamed The Ringer in 1926, and which Forde had previously adapted as The Ringer in 1931. So the 1939 film used the original novel title, although the opening credits state that it is based on Wallace's novel The Ringer.[1] The film was screened by the censors on 4 October 1938,[3] but didn't premier until 10 January 1939, when it opened at Gaumont Haymarket as second film in a double bill with The Cowboy and the Lady.[2] It was, however, popular enough for a British re-release in 1945.
See also
References
IMDB give John Longden as Inspector Wembury, in fact Patrick Barr played this part.
Bibliography
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Perry, George. Forever Ealing. Pavilion Books, 1994.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
Films produced by Michael Balcon |
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Novels |
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- Private Selby (1912)
- The Fourth Plague (1913)
- Grey Timothy (1913)
- The River of Stars (1913)
- The Man Who Bought London (1915)
- The Melody of Death (1915)
- A Debt Discharged (1916)
- The Tomb of Ts'in (1916)
- The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
- The Secret House (1917)
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- Down Under Donovan (1918)
- The Man Who Knew (1918)
- Those Folk of Bulboro (1918)
- The Green Rust (1919)
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- Jack O'Judgment (1920)
- The Book of All Power (1921)
- The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
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- The Crimson Circle (1922)
- The Flying Fifty-Five (1922)
- Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
- The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
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- The Missing Million (1923)
- The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
- Double Dan (1924)
- The Face in the Night (1924)
- Room 13 (1924)
- The Sinister Man (1924)
- The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
- Blue Hand (1925)
- The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
- The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
- The Strange Countess (1925)
- The Three Just Men (1925)
- The Avenger (1926)
- Barbara on Her Own (1926)
- The Black Abbot (1926)
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- The Terrible People (1926)
- The Yellow Snake (1926)
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- Again the Three (1928)
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- Four Square Jane (1929)
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- The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)
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Plays |
- An African Millionaire (1904)
- M'Lady (1921)
- Double Dan (1927)
- The Terror (1927)
- The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)
- The Calendar (1929)
- Persons Unknown (1929)
- On the Spot (1930)
- The Mouthpiece (1930)
- Smoky Cell (1930)
- The Old Man (1931)
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Adaptations | J. G. Reeder | |
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The Four Just Men | |
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Edgar Wallace Mysteries | |
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Rialto Films | |
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Other | |
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Television |
- Educated Evans (1957–58)
- The Mixer (1992)
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Family | |
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Gilliat only | |
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Launder only | |
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Together | Writers only | |
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Directed by Gilliat | |
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Directed by Launder | |
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Producers only | |
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