Meet Maxwell Archer
| Meet Maxwell Archer | |
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| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Written by | Katherine Strueby |
| Based on | the novel Archer Plus Twenty by Hugh Clevely |
| Produced by | William Sistrom |
| Starring | John Loder |
| Cinematography | Claude Friese-Greene |
| Edited by | Alan Jaggs |
| Music by | W.L. Trytel (uncredited) |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £18,226[1] |
Meet Maxwell Archer is a 1940 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring John Loder, Leueen MacGrath and Athole Stewart.[2] The screenplay concerns a private detective who attempts to clear a man wrongly accused of murder. The film was based on the 1938 novel by Hugh Clevely.[3] It was released in the U.S. in 1942 as Maxwell Archer, Detective.[4]
Plot summary
[edit]Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
Cast
[edit]- John Loder as Maxwell Archer
- Leueen MacGrath as Sarah
- Athole Stewart as Superintendent Gordon
- Marta Labarr as Nina
- George Merritt as Inspector Cornell
- Ronald Adam as Nicolides
- Peter Hobbes as George Gull Jr.
- Ralph Roberts as George Gull Sr.
- Syd Crossley as Perkins
- Barbara Everest as Miss Duke
Critical reception
[edit]The film was coldly received. TV Guide wrote, "Oh where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Poorly made with a dopey script that gives the actors little room to breathe, let alone act."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 482.
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MEET MAXWELL ARCHER (1939)". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective (1939) - John Paddy Carstairs - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective".
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