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The Smart Aleck

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Language
  
English

5.4/10
IMDb

Director
  
John Guillermin

Country
  
United Kingdom

Release date
  
March 1951

Based on
  
play Mr Smart Guy by Alec Coppel

The Smart Aleck is a 1951 British crime film directed by John Guillermin.

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Plot

Young Alec Albion plans successfully to kill his rich uncle with an ice bullet which will melt away, leaving no evidence. He gets an alibi by having the chief commissioner of police living in the same building as his chief witness.

Cast

  • Peter Reynolds as Alec Albion
  • Mercy Haystead as Judith
  • Leslie Dwyer as Gossage
  • Edward Lexy as Inspector
  • Kynaston Reeves as Uncle Edward
  • Charles Hawtrey as Farr
  • David Hurst as Poppi
  • David Keir as Mr. Guppy
  • Annette D. Simmonds as Sylvia
  • Frederick Morant as Edward Hall
  • Vernon Smythe as Judge
  • Peter Bull as Prosecuting Counsel
  • Basil Dignam as Defending Counsel

    • Original play

    The script was based on a play Mr Smart Guy by Alec Coppel, who wrote it in England at the beginning of the war. It had its world premiere in Sydney in 1941. Coppel also adapted it for radio that year.

    The play was produced in England in 1947.

    References

    The Smart Aleck Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Smart Aleck IMDb


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