When a young girl is found dead an inspector is sent to investigate a prosperous Yorkshire household. It emerges that each member of the family has a guilty secret - each one is partly responsible for her death.
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| Alastair Sim | ... | Inspector Poole | |
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Olga Lindo | ... | Mrs. Birling |
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Arthur Young | ... | Mr. Birling |
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Brian Worth | ... | Gerald Croft |
| Eileen Moore | ... | Sheila | |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Eric | |
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Jane Wenham | ... | Eva Smith |
| George Woodbridge | ... | Fish & Chip Shop Owner | |
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Barbara Everest | ... | Committee Member |
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Charles Saynor | ... | Police Officer |
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Olwen Brookes | ... | Miss Francis |
| John Welsh | ... | Shop Walker | |
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Frances Gowens | ... | Small Girl |
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Based on a famous stage play and set in the year 1912, an upper crust English 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 ? Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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police inspector | parent grown child relationship | year 1912 | class differences | corruption |Taglines:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
18 March 1955 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Det är från polisen See more »Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmary.
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Brian Worth and Alastair Sim previously costarred in A Christmas Carol (1951) as Fred and Ebenezer Scrooge. See more »Goofs
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Sheila Birling: [about the girl who committed suicide by drinking disinfectant] Was she pretty?Inspector Goole: She wasn't very pretty when I saw her last in the infirmary.
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I have just finished watching this film on TV,and I must say,what a pleasant diversion it was for the afternoon,plenty of twists and turns,and the ending was excellent also,top performance must go to Alistair Sim for his protrayal of Inspector Poole,rivetting stuff.