Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
- Directed by
- John Paddy Carstairs
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A detective investigates a case involving a missing person. The story combines light comedy with a mystery plot.
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What happens
Meet Maxwell Archer is a 1940 British comedy mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring John Loder, Leueen MacGrath and Athole Stewart. It was written by Katherine Strueby based on the 1938 novel Archer Plus 20 by Hugh Clevely. It was released in the U.S. in 1942 as Maxwell Archer, Detective. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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