The Strangers Came

The Strangers Came
Original trade ad
Directed by Alfred Travers
Produced by Roger Proudlock
Nigel Proudlock
Michael Healy
Written by Tom Duggan
Alfred Healy
Alfred Travers
Starring Tommy Duggan
Shirl Conway
Shamus Locke
Music by Eamonn O'Gallagher
Cinematography Cyril Arapoff
Edited by Ernest Hilton
Production
company
Distributed by Grand National Pictures
Release date
 December 1949
Running time
 67 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Strangers Came is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Alfred Travers and starring Tommy Duggan, Shirl Conway and Shamus Locke.[1] Some of the film was shot on location in Ireland. It was made as a second feature by the independent company Vandyke Productions.[2]

Premise

Concerning a self-important American filmmaker who goes to a small Irish village with plans to make a movie about the life of St Patrick.

Cast

  • Tommy Duggan as Stefan Wurlitz
  • Shirl Conway as Jane McDonald
  • Shamus Locke as Tom O'Flaherty
  • Tony Quinn as Hotelier
  • Reed De Rouen as Manager
  • Eve Eacott as Donna del Monte
  • Josephine Fitzgerald as Widow McDermott
  • Sheila Martin as Mary Laffey
  • Geoffrey Goodheart as Joe Bantham

References

Bibliography

  • Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


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