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Director
  
Lawrence Huntington

Music director
  
Philip Green

Duration
  

Language
  
English

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama, Mystery

Story by
  
Josephine Tey

Country
  
United Kingdom

The Franchise Affair (film) movie poster

Release date
  
20 February 1951

Based on
  
the novel by Josephine Tey

Writer
  
Robert Hall, Lawrence Huntington, Josephine Tey (novel)

Production
  
Associated British Picture Corporation

Cast
  
Michael Denison
(Robert Blair),
Dulcie Gray
(Marion Sharpe),
Anthony Nicholls
(Kevin McDermott),
Marjorie Fielding
(Mrs. Sharpe),
Athene Seyler
(Aunt Lin),
John Bailey
(John Bailey ... Det Insp Grant)

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The Franchise Affair is a 1951 British thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Anthony Nicholls and Marjorie Fielding. It is a faithful adaptation of the novel The Franchise Affair by Josephine Tey.

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Plot

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In a quiet English town, schoolgirl Betty Kane (Ann Stephens) claims that the owners of an isolated house, spinster Marion Sharpe (Dulcie Gray) and Marion's mother (Marjorie Fielding), kidnapped and beat her. The police believe Betty's story, but local lawyer Robert Blair (Michael Denison), a bachelor, is sceptical. Risking ostracism from the community, Blair quietly sets about proving the innocence of the two women.

Cast

  • Michael Denison - Robert Blair
  • Dulcie Gray - Marion Sharpe
  • Anthony Nicholls - Kevin McDermott
  • Marjorie Fielding - Mrs Sharpe
  • Athene Seyler - Aunt Lin
  • John Bailey - Detective Inspector Grant
  • Ann Stephens - Betty Kane
  • Hy Hazell - Mrs Chadwick
  • Kenneth More - Stanley Peters
  • Avice Landone - Mrs Wynn
  • Maureen Glynne - Rose Glynn
  • Peter Jones - Bernard Chadwick
  • Moultrie Kelsall - Judge
  • Martin Boddey - Inspector Hallam
  • Patrick Troughton - Bill Brough

    • Critical reception

  • The New York Times wrote, "a great many words are spoken and a great deal of tea is consumed in a low-budget British picture, "The Franchise Affair," which made a bedraggled appearance at the Little Carnegie yesterday. And, as may be readily imagined, the sum total of it all is an hour and a half of sheer boredom, unrelieved by any action or surprise."
  • Sky Movies wrote, "a neat, well-constructed whodunit - or, rather, was-it-done? - graced by good performances - it was one of several films husband-and-wife team Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray made together - and a leisurely but literate script. Although modest in ambition, the film sustains its drama throughout and there are some fine moments of spicy, English upper-crust wit. Its courtroom scenes also bring a welcome relief from the Perry Mason style of histrionics. Star-spotters can't miss Kenneth More in a small role."

    • References

    The Franchise Affair (film) Wikipedia
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    The Franchise Affair (film) IMDb The Franchise Affair (film) themoviedb.org