Time to Remember is a 1962 British crime film directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Yvonne Monlaur, Harry H. Corbett and Robert Rietty.[1] It was written by Arthur La Bern, loosely based on the 1915 Edgar Wallace novel The Man Who Bought London.[2]
| Time to Remember | |
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| Directed by | Charles Jarrott |
| Written by | Arthur La Bern |
| Based on | The Man Who Bought London by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Jack Greenwood |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bert Mason |
| Edited by | Derek Holding |
| Music by | Bernard Ebbinghouse |
Production company | Merton Park Studios |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
Release date |
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Running time | 58 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was part of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries film series made at Merton Park Studios
Plot
editJumbo Johnson is trapped by the police while robbing jewels from a house. He climbs to the roof and stuffs the jewels down the chimney, then falls off the roof. Before he dies he tells his wife about the hidden loot. When she tries to buy the house Burgess the estate agent is suspicious, and finds the jewels. Victor, one of John's friends is also seeking the jewels, surprises Burgess, who kills Victor, bricking up his body in the chimney. He subsequently buys the house. Johnson's wife, realising that Burgess has duped her, claims the reward for the jewellery and alters the police.
Cast
edit- Yvonne Monlaur as Suzanne
- Harry H. Corbett as Jack Burgess
- Robert Rietty as Victor
- Ernest Clark as Cracknell
- David Lodge as Jumbo Johnson
- Ray Barrett as Sammy
- Patricia Mort as Vera
- Genine Graham as Mrs. Johnson
- Jack Watson as Inspector Bolam
- Andre Charisse as Inspector Charcot
- Larry Taylor as Garritty
- Brenda Kaye as secretary
- Marjie Lawrence as Vivienne
- Brian Hewitt-Jones as police constable
- Peter Howard-Johnson as police sergeant
- Pat Gorman as police constable
- John Tatum as plain-clothes policeman
Reception
editThe Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "An inept and sometimes incoherent addition to the Edgar Wallace series, in which everybody double-crosses everybody without taking time off for explanations (how did Burgess know which chimney to look in, and wouldn't Victor's body have begun to smell somewhat before the lease was signed and Burgess able to move in to deal with it?). The resulting cracking pace is about the only thing one can be thankful for."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Time to Remember". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Goble, Alan (199). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 486.
- ^ "Time to Remember". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 129. 1 January 1962 – via ProQuest.
External links
edit- Time to Remember at IMDb
- Time to Remember then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets
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