AN INSPECTOR CALLS, 1954

AN INSPECTOR CALLS
1954

Adapted from the J.B. Priestley stage play, An Inspector Calls is everything that was great about 50's British Cinema. Simple in structure with quality writing. No histrionics from the actors, allowing the story be the star. Alastair Sim is perfectly cast as Inspector Poole, slowly revealing the hidden secrets of each family member.

PLOT
Set in the year 1912, an upper crust English family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl has died in suspicious circumstances. All of them deny even knowing her, yet throughout the evening the inspector slowly reveals each and every one of them did indeed know her. And what's more, each of them could have had a reason to want her dead. But who did it? And who exactly is this mysterious Inspector?

CAST:
Alastair Sim ... Inspector Poole
Olga Lindo ... Mrs. Sybil Birling
Arthur Young ... Mr. Arthur Birling
Brian Worth ... Gerald Croft
Eileen Moore ... Sheila Birling
Bryan Forbes ... Eric Birling
Jane Wenham ... Eva Smith
George Woodbridge ... Fish & Chip Shop Owner - Stanley
Barbara Everest ... Committee Member - Mrs. Lefson
Charles Saynor ... Police Officer - Arnold Ransom
Olwen Brookes ... Miss Francis - Hat Saleswoman
John Welsh ... Shop Walker - Mr. Timmon
Frances Gowens ... Fish & Chip Shop Girl - Leigh

Director: Guy Hamilton

RUNNING TIME: 80 MINUTES

Tags: Alastair Sim, Olga Lindo, Arthur Young, Brian Worth