Father Brown (1954)

Directed by

Robert Hamer

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Catholic priest in England uses his sharp observation and understanding of human nature to solve a crime. He sets a trap to catch a notorious jewel thief who has stolen a valuable cross.

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What happens

Father Brown is a 1954 British mystery comedy film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness as the title character with Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch and Cecil Parker. Like the American film Father Brown, Detective (1934), it is based loosely on The Blue Cross (1910), the first Father Brown short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Hawkesworth. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures in both Britain and the United States where it was released as The Detective. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. Peter Finch's biographer, Elaine Dundy, argued this film was when Finch "came of age" as a movie actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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