Hangman's Wharf
Hangman's Wharf | |
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Directed by | Cecil H. Williamson |
Written by | Cecil H. Williamson |
Produced by | Edwin J. Fancey |
Starring | John Witty Genine Graham Campbell Singer |
Cinematography | Cecil H. Williamson |
Production company | E.J. Fancey Productions |
Distributed by | DUK |
Release date | January 1950 |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Hangman's Wharf is a 1950 British crime film directed by Cecil H. Williamson and starring John Witty, Genine Graham and Campbell Singer.[1] Its plot concerns a doctor working in Shadwell who is called out for an emergency on a ship docked in the River Thames, where he is framed for murder.
Main cast[]
- John Witty - Doctor David Galloway
- Genine Graham - Alison Maxwell
- - Mrs Williams
- - Sir Brian Roderick
- Campbell Singer - Inspector Prebble
- Max Brimmell - Krim
- Patricia Laffan - Rosa Warren
Production[]
The film was based on a BBC radio serial written by John Beldon. Location shooting was done along the River Thames and at Falmouth and St Mawes.[2] The railway station at which John Witty - Doctor David Galloway - arrives in Cornwall was St Ives. The branch is still open, and the area still similar today.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1950s British film stubs
- 1950 films
- British films
- British crime films
- Films directed by Vernon Sewell
- Films based on radio series
- Films set in England
- 1950 crime films
- British black-and-white films