Sensation is a 1936 British crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring John Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay concerns a crime reporter who solves a murder case using a piece of evidence he found amongst the victim's possessions.[2]
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| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Written by | Dudley Leslie Marjorie Deans William Freshman |
| Based on | play Murder Gang by Basil Dean & George Munro[1] |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Starring | John Lodge Diana Churchill |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | James Corbett |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation (UK) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- John Lodge as Pat Heston
- Diana Churchill as Masie Turnpit
- Francis Lister as Richard Grainger
- Joan Marion as Mrs Grainger
- Margaret Vyner as Claire Lindsay
- Jerry Verno as Spikey
- Richard Bird as Henry Belcher
- Athene Seyler as Madame Henry
- Dennis Wyndham as Spurge
- Henry Oscar as Superintendent Stainer
- Anthony Holles as Clarke
- Martin Walker as Dimmitt
- Sybil Grove as Mrs Spurge
- Leslie Perrins as Strange
- Felix Aylmer as Lord Bouverie
Reception
editWriting for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, faulting the "bad casting, bad story construction, [and] uncertain editing". While praising the acting of Holles, Seyler, and Marion, Greene found that the rest of the cast handicapped the director, and that the story lost its authenticity "in false trails, in an absurd love-story, in humour based on American film, and in the complete unreality of the 'murder gang'."[3]
References
edit- ^ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film. Routledge. ISBN 9781317740636 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sensation (1936)". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ Greene, Graham (5 February 1937). "Sensation/Mazurka". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
edit- www.briandesmondhurst.org- Official legacy website of the director with filmography including Sensation
- Sensation at IMDb
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