The Mysterious Mr. Davis
The Mysterious Mr. Davis | |
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Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
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Produced by | Claude Autant-Lara |
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Music by | John Reynders |
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Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date | 1939 |
Running time | 58 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Mysterious Mr. Davis is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim.[1] It was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures.[2] It was based on the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto and was released the same year as an Italian adaptation The Silent Partner.[3][4]
Cast[]
- Henry Kendall as Julian Roscoe
- Kathleen Kelly as Audrey Roscoe
- Richard Gofe as Teddy Roscoe
- Alastair Sim as Theodore F. Wilcox - the Lunatic
- Morris Harvey as Samuel Goldenburg
- Jeanne Stuart as Anita Goldenburg
- A. Bromley Davenport as Lord Avonmouth
- Guy Middleton as Milton
- Quentin McPhearson as The Landlord
- Ben Field as The Decorator
- Fred Duprez as Wilcox
- Alfred Wellesley as The Pawnbroker
- Ethel Griffies as Mabel Wilcox
- May Hallatt as Telegraph Clerk
Critical reception[]
Allmovie described it as "Mild and dated."[5]
References[]
- ^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) - Claude Autant-Lara | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- ^ Chibnall p.290
- ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940)". BFI.
- ^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) - Claude Autant-Lara | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
Bibliography[]
- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. (Indexed under the US title My Partner, Mr Davis.)
External links[]
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1939 films
- British films
- 1939 comedy-drama films
- British comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Claude Autant-Lara
- Films based on Chilean novels
- Quota quickies
- Films set in London
- British black-and-white films
- 1930s British film stubs
- 1930s comedy-drama film stubs