Home at Seven (film)
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Directed by | Ralph Richardson |
Written by | Anatole de Grunwald |
Based on | Home at Seven by R.C. Sherriff |
Produced by | Maurice Cowan |
Starring | Ralph Richardson Margaret Leighton Jack Hawkins |
Cinematography | Jack Hildyard Edward Scaife |
Edited by | Bert Bates |
Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
Production company | Maurice Cowan Productions (for) British Lion Film Corporation (UK) |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £94,335 (UK)[1] |
Home at Seven is a 1952 British mystery drama film directed by and starring Ralph Richardson. It also features Margaret Leighton, Jack Hawkins, Campbell Singer and Michael Shepley. It is based on the play Home at Seven by R. C. Sherriff.[2] The film is Richardson's only work as director.[3] Guy Hamilton was assistant director. It was released on DVD in the UK on 30 June 2014 by Network Distributing.
Plot[]
A City of London banker returns at 7 p.m. to his suburban home in Kent one evening to discover that he has been missing for 24 hours, yet he does not remember the lost day.[4] He discovers that he is a major suspect in a robbery and a murder, but he does not know if he was involved or not. He is advised to employ an expensive lawyer to defend himself. It is ultimately revealed by a barmaid that he spent the evening in question in her pub, but had been acting oddly following a loud bang outside, which seemed to trigger a war time memory.
Cast[]
- David Preston - Ralph Richardson
- Janet Preston - Margaret Leighton
- Dr Sparling - Jack Hawkins
- Inspector Hemingway - Campbell Singer
- Major Watson - Michael Shepley
- Mrs Watson - Margaret Withers
- Peggy Dobson - Meriel Forbes
- Petherbridge - Frederick Piper
- Ellen - Diana Beaumont
Critical reception[]
Variety stated that "Richardson directs the piece with a straightforward competence."[5] Sight & Sound was more critical: Richardson had "divided his talent between the principal role and the direction, but the latter is practically non-existent in any cinema sense".[6]
References[]
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
- ^ "Home at Seven". BFI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Home at Seven (1952) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "Home at Seven". Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
- ^ "Home at Seven". Variety. 1 January 1952.
- ^ "Home at Seven". Sight & Sound. Vol. 19, no. 218. British Film Institute. March 1952. pp. 30–31.
External links[]
- 1952 films
- English-language films
- 1950s mystery drama films
- British films
- British mystery drama films
- British black-and-white films
- British films based on plays
- British Lion Films films
- Films directed by Ralph Richardson
- Films with screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald
- 1952 drama films
- Films about amnesia
- 1950s British film stubs