The Missing Million (1942)

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Movie
Original title The Missing Million
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 1942
length 84 minutes
Rod
Director Phil Brendan
script James Seymour , Edgar Wallace
production Hugh Perceval
camera Stephen Dade
cut Alan Gourlay , Walter Jentzsch
occupation

The Missing Million (translates to "The Missing Million") is a British thriller by Phil Brendan from the year 1942 . The screenplay comes from James Seymour and builds on the novel of the same name by Edgar Wallace (Eng. "The disappeared million"). The film was not shown in Germany.

action

Inspector Dicker, inspector at Scotland Yard, is hired by his friend Joan Walton to look for her missing brother Rex Walton. The young millionaire disappeared on the eve of his wedding to Dora Coleman. Dicker determines that Coleman is a member of the infamous Panda Banda and that Walton cheated on them out of a million pounds before disappearing. Gradually, high-ranking members of the gang are found murdered and Coleman tells Inspector Dicker. She is kidnapped by the head of the gang, the "Panda". With the help of Joan Walton, the police are able to find the hiding place of the pandas and free Coleman. Rex Walton admits that by stealing the million he wanted to lure the gang out of the reserve and thus free his wife from them. The "panda" is caught and killed, Rex Walton and Dora Coleman are happily married.

Reviews

In their Das Edgar Wallace Lexikon from 2004, Joachim Kramp and Jürgen Wehnert cite a review of the film in the 1972 Monthly Film Bulletin . The magazine wrote that "although the many surprises and twists and turns of the story are skillfully staged", the film lacks "the temperament and sophistication of a really first-class thriller". It praises the acting performance of Linden Travers and John Stuart as "natural and casual", while Patricia Hilliard and Ivan Brandt seem "a little melodramatic".

supporting documents

  1. ^ "Missing Million, 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. 434-436. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .
  2. ^ Review of the Monthly Film Bulletin 1972, quoted from "Missing Million, 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. 434-436. ISBN 3-89602-508-2 .

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