An Inspector Calls (1954)
1954 · Feature film · 66 min · dir. Guy Hamilton
Is he real... or the creature of conscience?
- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
Synopsis
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Guy Hamilton
- Writer
- Desmond Davis
- Composer
- Francis Chagrin
- Cinematography
- Edward Scaife
- Studio
- Watergate
- Released
- 1954-03-16
- Running time
- 66 minutes
Cast & crew
Guy Hamilton Director
Alastair Sim
Olga Lindo
Arthur Young
Brian Worth
Eileen Moore
Bryan Forbes
Jane Wenham
George Woodbridge
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · A Leopard Never Changes it’s Spots · The Spanman · 2023-07-27
An remorseful patriarch and his equally disdainful wife are given a second chance but squander the opportunity believing that the doppelgänger/inspector was an impersonator. Alister Sim was superb in his role. Eileen Moore (still alive as of this review) is a stunningly beautiful actress. She shows an inner beauty equal to her physical attractiveness. The offspring showed a great deal of compassion toward the young woman in distress, a virtue sadly absent in Sheila’s parents. The two brothers who both were to become Sheila’s (Ms. Moore) future suitors, we’re also laudable young gentlemen, who…
★★★★★ · J B Priestley story · whist · 2021-06-14
This is well worth a watch. I don't want to say more and it and spoil it.
★★★★ · Alastair Sim at his best · brianlehman · 2021-08-01
The actor who plays Eric, Bryan Forbes, is also in one of my other favorites, All About the Town.
