Father Brown, Detective
Father Brown, Detective | |
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Directed by | Edward Sedgwick |
Screenplay by | Henry Myers C. Gardner Sullivan |
Produced by | Edward Sedgwick Bayard Veiller |
Starring | Walter Connolly Paul Lukas Gertrude Michael |
Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Edited by | James Smith |
Music by | Composer: title music (uncredited): Heinz Roemheld |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Father Brown, Detective is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael.[1] It is based on the 1910 Father Brown story "The Blue Cross" by G. K. Chesterton.[2][3]
Plot[]
When infamous jewel thief Flambeau (Paul Lukas) announces his intention to steal stones from a diamond cross in Father Brown (Walter Connolly)'s church, the crime-solving cleric fights to retain the cross, and also to save the soul of the elusive Flambeau.
Cast[]
- Walter Connolly – Father Brown
- Paul Lukas – Flambeau
- Gertrude Michael – Evelyn Fischer
- Robert Loraine – Inspector Valentine
- Halliwell Hobbes – Sir Leopold Fischer
- Una O'Connor – Mrs. Boggs
- E.E. Clive – Sergeant
- Donald Gray - Don (as Eldred Tidbury)
References[]
- ^ "Father Brown, Detective (1934)". Archived from the original on 2009-02-06.
- ^ Brunsdale, Mitzi M. (26 July 2010). Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313345319 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Father Brown (1954)".
External links[]
Categories:
- 1934 films
- English-language films
- Adaptations of works by G. K. Chesterton
- American films
- American mystery films
- Films about Catholic priests
- Films directed by Edward Sedgwick
- Films set in England
- American black-and-white films
- 1934 mystery films
- Mystery film stubs