The Fourth Square

Movie
Original title	The Fourth Square
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
Publishing year	1961
length	54 minutes
Rod
Director	Allan Davis
script	James Eastwood , Edgar Wallace
production	Jack Greenwood , ; Jim O'Connolly
music	James Stevens
camera	Gerald Moss
cut	Derek Holding
occupation
	Conrad Phillips : Bill Lawrence; Natasha Parry : Sandra Martin; Delphi Lawrence : Nina Stewart; Paul Daneman : Henry Adams; Miriam Karlin : Josette; Jacqueline Jones : Marie Labonne; Anthony Newlands : Tom Alvarez; Basil Dignam : Inspector Forbes;

The Fourth Square (translated "The Fourth Square") is a British crime film directed by Allan Davis from 1961 . It was produced by the film company Merton Park Studios . The screenplay comes from James Eastwood and builds on the novel Four Square Jane (Eng. "The Adventure") by Edgar Wallace . The film was one of the first parts of the Edgar Wallace Mysteries , a series of 47 Edgar Wallace film adaptations made by Merton Park Studios between 1960 and 1965; it was never shown in Germany.

action

Lawyer Bill Lawrence is hired by the wealthy Nina Stewart to find a ring that she had received from playboy Tom Alvarez and that was stolen from her without her husband, a wealthy shipowner, finding out about the affair. Lawrence finds out that other women have had jewelry stolen from Alvarez. He suspects Henry Adams, Stewart's press officer; however, he is murdered. Finally he succeeds in convicting the betrayed wife of Alvarez, Josette.

Reviews

In their Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon from 2004, Joachim Kramp and Jürgen Wehnert cite a review of the film in the Monthly Film Bulletin from 1961, in which it describes it as "a refreshingly improbable Edgar Wallace film that is sufficiently exciting to keep interest awake" has been. They also wrote: "The performance and direction are also quite smooth, considering the undemanding level of this series."

supporting documents

^ "Fourth Square, The." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; Pp. 215-216. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
^ Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin from May 1961, quoted from "Fourth Square, The." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; Pp. 215-216. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .

Web links

The Fourth Square in the Internet Movie Database (English)

[Kramp_&_Wehnert_2004-1] "Fourth Square, The." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: The Edgar Wallace Lexicon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; Pp. 215-216. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .

[Kramp_&_Wehnert_2004_MFB-2] Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin from May 1961, quoted from "Fourth Square, The." In: Joachim Kramp, Jürgen Wehnert: Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon. Life, work, films. It is impossible not to be captivated by Edgar Wallace! Verlag Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2004; Pp. 215-216. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .