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Someone at the Door (1950 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Someone at the Door' is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed by Francis Searle and starring Michael Medwin, Garry Marsh and Yvonne Owen.
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.[http://www.radiotimes.com/film/jzx58/someone-at-the-door ]
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"; 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."
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