The Missing Million
6.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Philip Brandon Music director Percival Mackey Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Crime Cinematography Stephen Dade Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 1942 Writer James Seymour, Edgar Wallace (novel) Cast Linden Travers (Joan Walton), Patricia Hilliard (Dora Coleman), John Stuart (Inspector Dicker), Ivan Brandt (Rex Walton), Brefni O'Rorke (Coleman), Charles Victor (Nobb Knowles)Similar movies The Man in the Back Seat (1961) Tagline For the prince of blackmailers, crime is never black and white... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Missing Million is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard. It is adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace. A millionaire is persecuted by a criminal gang.
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Plot
When millionaire-about-town Rex Walton (Ivan Brandt) mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton (Linden Travers) assists Inspector Dicker (John Stuart) in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal The Panda ("The Prince of Blackmailers").
Production
The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei.
Cast
Critical reception
TV Guide called it a "routine second feature"; while Noirish wrote, "this is a very, very workaday comedy thriller, with most of the action being played as light entertainment and one character—the tiresomely misogynistic safecracker Nobby Knowles (Victor)—being played strictly for laughs".
References
The Missing Million WikipediaThe Missing Million IMDb The Missing Million themoviedb.org