Sensation (film)
Sensation is a 1936 British crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring John Lodge, Diana Churchill, Francis Lister and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay concerns a crime reporter who solves a murder case using a piece of evidence he found amongst the victim's possessions.[2]
| Sensation | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
| Written by | Dudley Leslie Marjorie Deans William Freshman |
| Based on | play Murder Gang by Basil Dean & George Munro[1] |
| Starring | John Lodge Diana Churchill |
| Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
| Edited by | James Corbett |
Production company | British International Pictures |
| Distributed by | Associated British Picture Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
- John Lodge - Pat Heston
- Diana Churchill - Masie Turnpit
- Francis Lister - Richard Grainger
- Joan Marion - Mrs Grainger
- Margaret Vyner - Claire Lindsay
- Jerry Verno - Spikey
- Richard Bird - Henry Belcher
- Athene Seyler - Madame Henry
- Dennis Wyndham - Spurge
- Henry Oscar - Superintendent Stainer
- Anthony Holles - Clarke
- Martin Walker - Dimmitt
- Sybil Grove - Mrs Spurge
- Leslie Perrins - Strange
- Felix Aylmer - Lord Bouverie
Reception
Writing for The Spectator in 1937, Graham Greene gave the film a poor review, faulting the "bad casting, bad story construction, [and] uncertain editing". While praising the acting of Holles, Seyler, and Marion, Greene found that the rest of the cast handicapped the director, and that the story lost its authenticity "in false trails, in an absurd love-story, in humour based on American film, and in the complete unreality of the 'murder gang'."[3]
References
- Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). "British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film". Routledge – via Google Books.
- "Sensation (1936)".
- Greene, Graham (5 February 1937). "Sensation/Mazurka". The Spectator. (reprinted in: Taylor, John Russell, ed. (1980). The Pleasure Dome. Oxford University Press. p. 130. ISBN 0192812866.)
External links
- www.briandesmondhurst.org- Official legacy website of the director with filmography including Sensation
- Sensation on IMDb
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