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Music director
  
Ernest Irving

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Production
  
Ealing Studios

Language
  
English

I Believe in You (film) movie poster
Director
  
Basil Dearden Michael Relph

Writer
  
Basil Dearden
,
Nicholas Phipps
,
Michael Relph
,
Jack Whittingham

Release date
  
24 July 1952

Directors
  
Basil Dearden, Michael Relph

Cast
  
Celia Johnson
(Matty Matheson),
Cecil Parker
(Henry Phipps),
Joan Collins
(Norma Hart),
Laurence Harvey
(Jordie Bennett),
Godfrey Tearle
(Judge Pyke),
Harry Fowler
(Charlie Hooker)

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Related Basil Dearden movies

Two British probation officers (Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker) help two juvenile delinquents from the slums.

Contents

I Believe in You is a 1952 film directed by Michael Relph and Basil Dearden. It stars Celia Johnson and Cecil Parker and is based on the book Court Circular by Sewell Stokes. Inspired by the recently successful The Blue Lamp, Relph and Dearden used a (then) semi-documentary approach in telling the story of the lives of parole officers and their charges.

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.

Plot

Henry Phipps a retired Colonial Serviceman takes on the job of a probation officer, and finds it a challenge. Various characters lives are examined as Phipps and his colleagues attempt to reform (amongst others), a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent.

Cast

  • Celia Johnson as Matty Matheson
  • Cecil Parker as Henry Phipps
  • Godfrey Tearle as Judge Pyke
  • Harry Fowler as Charlie Hooker
  • George Relph as Mr. Dove
  • Joan Collins as Norma Hart
  • Laurence Harvey as Jordie Bennett
  • Ernest Jay as Judge Quayle
  • Ursula Howells as Hon Ursula
  • Sid James as Sergeant Body
  • Katie Johnson as Miss Mackline
  • Ada Reeve as Mrs Crockett
  • Brenda De Banzie as Mrs Hooker
  • Alex McCrindle as Tom Haines
  • Laurence Naismith as Sergeant Braxton
  • Gladys Henson as Mrs Stevens

    • Critical reception

  • The New York Times wrote, "it shines with understanding and, except for a brash climactic moment, it is a warm and adult adventure, which pins deserving medals on unsung heroes without heroics."
  • Allmovie wrote, "the semi-documentary approach established early in I Believe in You gives way to sentiment as the film winds down."
  • TV Guide noted, "an engaging drama with surprisingly good performances from (Joan) Collins, (Harry) Fowler, and (Laurence) Harvey."

    • References

    I Believe in You (film) Wikipedia
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    I Believe in You (film) IMDb I Believe in You (film) themoviedb.org