1945 British film
| Meet Sexton Blake! | |
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| Directed by | John Harlow |
| Screenplay by | John Harlow |
| Based on | The Mystery of the Free Frenchmen by Anthony Parsons |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Starring | David Farrar Manning Whiley Dennis Arundell John Varley |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
| Edited by | Vi Burdon |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
| Production companies | Strand Film Company (for) British National Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Meet Sexton Blake! is a 1945 British supporting feature drama film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Dennis Arundell, and John Varley. It was one of two films in which David Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being The Echo Murders (1945), both directed by John Harlow. Important documents are stolen from a dead man during an air raid, and the War Office call in Sexton Blake to investigate.
Cast
- David Farrar as Sexton Blake
- Manning Whiley as Raoul Sudd
- Dennis Arundell as Johann Sudd
- John Varley as Tinker
- Betty Huntley-Wright as Nobby
- Gordon McLeod as Inspector Venner
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Bardell
- Cyril Smith as Belford
- Magda Kun as Yvonne
- Ferdy Mayne as Slant-Eyes
- Charles Farrell as Skipper
- Roddy Hughes as Ferraby
- Philip Godfrey as James Baird
- Tony Arpino as Torch
- Charles Rolfe as Mario Carloni
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Baird
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "entertaining in an unintended way", rating it two out of five stars.
References
- Hinrich, Derek (2018). "The Living Image". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- "MEET SEXTON BLAKE - British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
- "Meet Sexton Blake (1945)". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
- Chibnall, Stephen; McFarlane, Brian (23 October 2009). The British 'B' Film. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781844575749 – via Google Books.
- "Meet Sexton Blake (1944) - John Harlow - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- "OBITUARIES: David Farrar". 29 September 1995. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022.
- Williams, Richard. "Meet Sexton Blake (1945 film)". Silver Sirens.
- "Meet Sexton Blake". TVGuide.com.
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| Creator | Harry Blyth |
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- 1945 films
- 1945 drama films
- Films directed by John Harlow
- British drama films
- British detective films
- British black-and-white films
- Films based on British novels
- Films based on crime novels
- Sexton Blake films
- Films shot at British National Studios
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s British films
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