An Inspector Calls

Unrated

11/25/19541h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Is he real... or the creature of conscience? ~

Overview:

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?

Director:

Guy Hamilton

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Revenue:

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Key words:

prostitute
corruption
department store
fiancé
based on play or musical
scandal
alcoholism
engagement
film noir
black and white
class differences
super power
extramarital affair

Cast

Alastair Sim

~ as ~

Inspector Poole

Olga Lindo

~ as ~

Mrs. Sybil Birling

Arthur Young

~ as ~

Mr. Arthur Birling

Brian Worth

~ as ~

Gerald Croft

Eileen Moore

~ as ~

Sheila Birling

Bryan Forbes

~ as ~

Eric Birling

Jane Wenham

~ as ~

Eva Smith

George Woodbridge

~ as ~

Fish & Chip Shop Owner - Stanley

Barbara Everest

~ as ~

Committee Member - Mrs. Lefson

Charles Saynor

~ as ~

Police Officer - Arnold Ransom

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
7
Alastair Sim is super as the man who calls upon the well-to-do "Birling" family with the very sad news that a young girl has been found dead. What's that to do with them, asks "Mr. Birling" (Arthur Young)? Well over the next eighty minutes this man lays before them a cleverly constructed series of theories that could easily suggest that any or all of them might be responsible for the sad and lonely predicament the young woman found herself in at the end of her life. Spurned affections and accusations of neglect, cruelty - psychologically rather than physical, and thoughtlessness could readily be laid at their door as "Poole" exposes a family riven with double standards and hypocrisy. His simple and polite inquisition gradually reveals secrets that the family would far sooner have remained so - but, are they the only people with secrets? Is "Poole" really who he claims to be? Guy Hamilton cleverly allows the darkly mischievous writing of JB Priestley and the considerable talents of his leading man to take centre screen here, and to draw us into this spider's web of a story. The format sticks pretty closely to that of the original stage performance - almost all set in just the one room of their home, and each of the small cast get their moment to squirm under his spotlight of interrogation. It's well paced and shows off Sim at his best.