Meet Sexton Blake! is a 1945 British supporting feature drama film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Dennis Arundell, and John Varley.[3][4][5] It was one of two films in which David Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being The Echo Murders (1945), both directed by John Harlow.[6] Important documents are stolen from a dead man during an air raid, and the War Office call in Sexton Blake to investigate.[7]
| Meet Sexton Blake! | |
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| Directed by | John Harlow |
| Screenplay by | John Harlow |
| Based on | The Mystery of the Free Frenchmen by Anthony Parsons[1] |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Starring | David Farrar Manning Whiley Dennis Arundell John Varley |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Vi Burdon |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production companies | Strand Film Company (for) British National Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes[2] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- David Farrar as Sexton Blake
- Manning Whiley as Raoul Sudd
- Dennis Arundell as Johann Sudd
- John Varley as Tinker
- Betty Huntley-Wright as Nobby
- Gordon McLeod as Inspector Venner
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Bardell
- Cyril Smith as Belford
- Magda Kun as Yvonne
- Ferdy Mayne as Slant-Eyes
- Charles Farrell as Skipper
- Roddy Hughes as Ferraby
- Philip Godfrey as James Baird
- Tony Arpino as Torch
- Charles Rolfe as Mario Carloni
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Baird
Critical reception
editTV Guide called the film "entertaining in an unintended way", rating it two out of five stars.[8]
References
edit- ^ Hinrich, Derek (2018). "The Living Image". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "MEET SEXTON BLAKE - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
- ^ "Meet Sexton Blake (1945)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- ^ Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). The British 'B' Film. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781844575749 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Meet Sexton Blake (1944) - John Harlow - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "OBITUARIES: David Farrar". 29 September 1995. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
- ^ Williams, Richard. "Meet Sexton Blake (1945 film)". Silver Sirens.
- ^ "Meet Sexton Blake". TVGuide.com.
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