The Rossiter Case
Appearance
The Rossiter Case | |
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Directed by | Francis Searle |
Screenplay by | Kenneth Hyde John Hunter Francis Searle |
Based on | play The Rossiters by Kenneth Hyde[1] |
Produced by | Anthony Hinds |
Starring | Helen Shingler Clement McCallin Sheila Burrell |
Cinematography | Walter J. Harvey |
Edited by | John Ferris |
Music by | Frank Spencer |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Exclusive Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Rossiter Case is a 1951 British crime film directed by Francis Searle and starring Helen Shingler, Clement McCallin, Sheila Burrell and Stanley Baker in a small role.[2]
Plot
[edit]Peter Rossiter's wife Liz is paralysed after they are in a car accident caused by his driving. He has an affair with his sister-in-law, Honor. When Honor is found shot dead, suspicion falls on him.
Cast
[edit]- Helen Shingler as Liz Rossiter
- Clement McCallin as Peter Rossiter
- Sheila Burrell as Honor
- Frederick Leister as Sir James Ferguson
- Ann Codrington as Marty
- Henry Edwards as Doctor Bendix
- Dorothy Batley as Nurse West
- Gabrielle Blunt as Alice
- Stanley Baker as Joe
- Eleanor Bryan as Agnes
- Ewen Solon as Inspector
- Robert Percival as Sergeant
- Dennis Castle as Constable
- Frederic Steger as Hobson
- Anthony Allen as Arthur
References
[edit]- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Rossiter Case (1951)". Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
External links
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Categories:
- 1951 films
- 1951 crime drama films
- 1950s mystery films
- British crime drama films
- British mystery films
- Films directed by Francis Searle
- British films based on plays
- Films about adultery in the United Kingdom
- Hammer Film Productions films
- British black-and-white films
- 1950s English-language films
- 1950s British films
- Films scored by Frank Spencer
- 1950s British film stubs