Movie
An Inspector Calls
Overview
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Details
- Release date
- 1954-03-16
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Watergate
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Alastair Sim as Inspector Poole
- Olga Lindo as Mrs. Sybil Birling
- Arthur Young as Mr. Arthur Birling
- Brian Worth as Gerald Croft
- Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling
- Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling
- Jane Wenham as Eva Smith
- George Woodbridge as Fish & Chip Shop Owner - Stanley
- Barbara Everest as Committee Member - Mrs. Lefson
- Charles Saynor as Police Officer - Arnold Ransom
- Olwen Brookes as Miss Francis - Hat Saleswoman
- John Welsh as Shop Walker - Mr. Timmon
Crew
- Guy Hamilton - Director
- J. B. Priestley - Writer
- Desmond Davis - Screenplay
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