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Who Goes There!
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Wikipedia article
'Who Goes There!' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Nigel Patrick, Valerie Hobson and George Cole. The film depicts the farcical activities of the various inhabitants of a grace and favour house near St James's Palace in Central London.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212240/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57981 BFI.org]
Production
It is based on a 1950 play of the same title by John Dighton, who also wrote the screenplay. It was shot at Shepperton Studios with some location filming around the Palace in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Shingleton.
It was retitled 'The Passionate Sentry' for its United States release with American censors removing two uses of the word "Cripes!".p. 183 Slide, Anthony 'Banned in the USA: British Films in the United States and Their Censorship' 1998 I.B. Tauris Publishers
A version of 'Who Goes There!' was broadcast on the BBC Radio 'Saturday Night Theatre' on 20 March 1954.http://www.saturday-night-theatre.co.uk/broadcasts.php
Cast
* Nigel Patrick as Miles Cornwall
* Valerie Hobson as Alex Cornwall
* George Cole as Guardsman Arthur Crisp
* Peggy Cummins as Christina Deed
* Anthony Bushell as Major Guy Ashley
* A. E. Matthews as Sir Hubert Cornwall
* Joss Ambler as Tour Guide
References
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