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The Man Who Was Nobody

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The Man Who Was Nobody
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMontgomery Tully
Screenplay byJames Eastwood
Based onThe Man Who Was Nobody
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
StarringHazel Court

John Crawford

Lisa Daniely
CinematographyBrian Rhodes
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 26 December 1960 (1960-12-26)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Man Who Was Nobody is a 1960 British second feature[1] film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Hazel Court, John Crawford and Lisa Daniely.[2] The screenplay was by James Eastwood, based on the 1927 Edgar Wallace novel of the same name. It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Plot

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Man-about-town James Tynewood pays for an expensive diamond. His cheque bounces and he disappears. His solicitor employs private eye Marjorie Stedman to find him. When Tynewood is found dead on the River Thames shore, the mysterious "South Africa Smith" appears and offers to help Stedman find the killer.

Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Freely, and foggily, adapted version of an Edgar Wallace novel, featuring a private "eye" heroine in Hazel Court who waves her good breeding about like an enormous flag. The director's idea of high-life and low-life in Chelsea suggests that he has himself led a very sheltered existence."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "The Man Who Was Nobody". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
  3. ^ "The Man Who Was Nobody". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 9. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.
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