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Inquest (1939 film)

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Director
  
Roy Boulting

Duration
  

Screenplay
  
Francis Miller

Country
  
United Kingdom

5.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Mystery

Running time
  
1 hour

Story by
  
Michael Barringer

Language
  
English

Inquest (1939 film) movie poster

Release date
  
December 1939

Writer
  
Michael Barringer (play), Francis Miller (screenplay)

Cast
  
Elizabeth Allan
(Margaret Hamilton),
Herbert Lomas
(Thomas Knight),
Hay Petrie
(Stephen Neale),
Barbara Everest
(Mrs. Wyatt),
Olive Sloane
(Lily Prudence),
Philip Friend
(Richard Neale KC)

Related Roy Boulting movies
  
Seven Days to Noon (1950), Thunder Rock (1942), Im All Right Jack (1959), Twisted Nerve (1969), Brothers in Law (1957)

Inquest is a 1939 British crime film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Elizabeth Allan, Herbert Lomas, Hay Petrie and Barbara Everest. In the film, a young widow is accused of murder, and enlists the support of a King's Counsel to help prove her innocence. It was based on a play by Michael Barringer which had previously been adapted as a film in 1931. The film was a quota quickie made at Highbury Studios to be used as a supporting feature.

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Cast

  • Elizabeth Allan as Margaret Hamilton
  • Herbert Lomas as Thomas Knight
  • Hay Petrie as Stephen Neale
  • Barbara Everest as Mrs. Wyatt
  • Olive Sloane as Lily Prudence
  • Philip Friend as Richard Neale KC

    • Critical reception

    TV Guide concluded, "not bad as courtroom dramas go. This was the first attempt by the Boulting brothers to give higher production values to programmer filmmaking."

    References

    Inquest (1939 film) Wikipedia
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    Inquest (1939 film) IMDb Inquest (1939 film) themoviedb.org