| The Intruder | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Guy Hamilton |
| Starring | Jack Hawkins |
| Release date(s) | 1953 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £161,488 (UK)[1] |
The Intruder is a 1953 British drama film directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Medwin, George Cole, Dennis Price, George Baker and Hugh Williams.[2]
The soundtrack was composed by Francis Chagrin, conducted by Muir Mathieson.[3]
The story, adapted from a 1949 novel by Robin Maugham The Line on Ginger, which tells of a commanding officer of a 2nd World War British tank regiment who is burgled by a former soldier who had fought under his command. The officer sets out to discover why one of his best men became involved in crime after he was de-mobbed. This is reflected in several flash-back episodes in which events during the war are contrasted with how each of the main characters cope with life in civvy street.[3]
Post-war London is the backdrop including Belgravia, Covent Garden market, Loughborough Junction and the Dulwich Hospital.
A contemporary critic commented that the film treated the subject "with intelligence, taste, and a feeling for the medium"; he also wrote "Medwin... gives a brilliant study of a good fellow gone wrong".[4]
Cast [edit]
Wolf Merton - Jack Hawkins
Ginger Edwards - Michael Medwin
John Summers - George Cole
Leonard Pirry - Dennis Price
Donald Cope - Duncan Lamont
Bertram Slake - Arthur Howard
Captain Fetherstonhaugh - Nicholas Phipps
Dora Bee - Dora Bryan
Walter Lowden - Edward Chapman
Tina - Susan Shaw
Bill - Harold Lang
Adjutant - George Baker
Inspector Williams - Patrick Barr
Mechanic - Michael Ripper
Astley - Marc Sheldon
War Office Records Sergeant - Campbell Singer
Glaziers - Charles Lamb, Leonard Sharp
Sentry - Peter Martyn
Luigi - Robert A'Dair
Telephone Operator - Elizabeth Digby-Smith
Pirry's Secretary - Rowena Gregory
Tank Driver - Sydney Linton
School Master - Richard Wattis
June Maple - Gene Anderson
General - David Horne
Photographer - Norman Hargood
Marshall - Michael Maguire
Plain-Clothes Policeman - Graham Tunbridge
Dickie - Richard Morris
References [edit]
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p499
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048211/
- ^ a b British Film Institute page about The Intruder Retrieved 23 February 2012
- ^ Campbell Dixon, The Daily Telegraph, 17 October 1953, quoted in BFI programme note, 2012.
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