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Director
  
David MacDonald

Producer
  
Anthony Havelock-Allan

Language
  
English

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Mystery

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

Writer
  
Roger MacDougall
,
Allan MacKinnon

Release date
  
1939

Initial release
  
July 1939 (United Kingdom)

Screenplay
  
Roger MacDougall, Allan MacKinnon

Cast
  
Barry K. Barnes
(Simon Drake),
Valerie Hobson
(Pat Drake),
Alastair Sim
(Macgregor),
Edward Lexy
(Holly),
Garry Marsh
(Sergeant Bright)

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This Man in Paris is a 1939 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson and Alastair Sim. A British journalist and his wife travel to France to investigate a counterfeiting ring involving a British aristocrat.

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It was a sequel to the 1938 film This Man Is News. It was made at Denham Studios.

Cast

  • Barry K. Barnes as Simon Drake
  • Valerie Hobson as Pat Drake
  • Alastair Sim as Lochlan Macgregor
  • Edward Lexy as Holly
  • Garry Marsh as Sergeant Bright
  • Max Michel as Emile Beranger
  • Mona Goya as Torch Bernal
  • Anthony Shaw as General Craysham
  • Cyril Chamberlain as Swindon
  • Charles Oliver as Gaston
  • Paul Sheridan as reception clerk
  • Critical reception

    TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars, and wrote, "this well-done, clever comedy was a follow-up film to This Man is News, a British attempt to duplicate America's THIN MAN. However, this second film proved to be the last effort along those lines. Hobson is excellent in her role, though Barnes isn't quite the character he tries to be. Sim provides good comic support in another one of his eccentric specialties. Director MacDonald wins huzzahs for another entertaining middle-bracket crime story."

    References

    This Man in Paris Wikipedia
    This Man in Paris IMDb This Man in Paris themoviedb.org