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Wrong Number (1959 film)

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Wrong Number
DVD cover
Directed byVernon Sewell
Written byJames Eastwood
Norman Edwards
Produced byNat Cohen
Stuart Levy
Jack Greenwood
StarringPeter Reynolds
Lisa Gastoni
Olive Sloane
CinematographyJosef Ambor
Edited byDerek Holding
Production
company
Merton Park Studios Productions
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 28 June 1959 (1959-06-28)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wrong Number is a 1959 British second feature[1] crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Reynolds, Lisa Gastoni and Olive Sloane.[2] It was written by James Eastwood and Norman Edwards.

Cast

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Production

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It was produced at Merton Park Studios in London.[1]: 147  The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime thriller, not always persuasive (the robbery scenes are quite unconvincing) and – apart from Olive Sloane's amusingly larger-than-life character study – uninteresting in performance."[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Most unconvincing monor thriller; Olive Sloane's ripe performance at least punctuates the groans."[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Wrong Number". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Wrong Number". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 126. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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