Father Brown (1954)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Robert Hamer

Escritores (WGA):

G.K. Chesterton (stories)
Thelma Schnee (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

1 noviembre 1954 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Crimen | Drama

Frase comercial:

An open and shut case of Guinness! Up to his EARS in chaos...Up to his NECK in laughs

Plot:

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Remake

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An Underrated Guinness Gem

Reparto

Alec Guinness	...	Father Brown
Joan Greenwood	...	Lady Warren
Peter Finch	...	Flambeau
Cecil Parker	...	The Bishop
Bernard Lee	...	Inspector Valentine
Sid James	...	Parkinson
Gérard Oury	...	Inspector Dubois
Ernest Clark	...	Bishop's Secretary
Aubrey Woods	...	Charlie
John Salew	...	Station sergeant
Sam Kydd	...	Scotland Yard sergeant
John Horsley	...	Inspector Wilkins
Jack McNaughton	...	Railway Guard
Hugh Dempster	...	Man in bowler
Eugene Deckers	...	French Cavalry Officer

También conocida como:

The Detective (USA)
El detective (Spain) [es]

Duración:

91 min

País:

UK

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16966, General Audience) | Sweden:Btl

Locaciones de Filmación:

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Alec Guinness was spotted in costume when walking home through the French countryside. A young boy ran up to him, yelling "Mon père! Mon père!" ("My father! My father!") Guinness did not speak French, so he could not correct the young boy's mistake, but was touched that the young boy apparently immediately bonded to him on the assumption that he was a priest. Soon after the film was released, Guinness converted to Catholicism.

Citas:

Father Brown: Where would a wise man hide a leaf? In a forest. Where would a wise man hide a cross? In a forest of crosses. We have a forest of crosses ready-made for us. A forest of priests; a black forest, you might say.

Conexiones de Película:

Version of "Pater Brown" (1966)

An Underrated Guinness Gem

This is another of the often ignored 'small' Guinness films from the early and mid-50's that rarely get the attention they deserve. While it had a brief revival last fall at Britain's National Film Theatre, it doesn't seem to show up that often in Guinness retrospectives.

A number of elements in this gently comic film that are worthy of notice: Sir AlecÕs performance is deft, subtle and delightfully wry whether he is playing the sleuth or spouting philosophy to the villain Flambeau.

An added treat is a cast that includes Peter Finch, who won an Oscar for Network, Joan Greenwood, who was Lady Balleston in Tom Jones and Bernard Lee who portrayed M in the James Bond series. Guinness, Greenwood and Cecil Parker (The Bishop) also appeared together in the Ealing Studio comedy, The Man in the White Suit.

Another interesting aspect is that a large part of the film was shot on location in Paris and rural France, apparently a rarity for the British films of that era.

Finally a bit of trivia: After his portrayal of Father Brown, Guinness converted to Catholicism