The Harassed Hero
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Duration Director Maurice Elvey | 6.4/10 IMDb Initial release 1954 Running time 1 hour Genres Comedy, Thriller | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Guy Middleton (Murray Selwyn), Joan Winmill Brown (Nurse Brooks), Elwyn Brook-Jones (Logan), Mary Mackenzie (Estelle Logan), Harold Goodwin (Twigg)Writer Ernest Dudley (novel), Brock Williams (screenplay) Similar movies Tower Heist , Kaleidoscope , Horseplay , Skeem , The Happy Thieves , The Runaway Bus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Harassed Hero is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones. It was based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Dudley.
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Plot
Wealthy hypochondriac bachelor Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton) has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but unfortunately finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse (Joan Winmill Brown) is kidnapped by the gang.
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Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "silly comedy routines abound in this patented British farce."
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