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1959 British film by Vernon Sewell

Wrong Number
DVD cover
Directed by	Vernon Sewell
Written by	James Eastwood Norman Edwards
Produced by	Nat Cohen Stuart Levy Jack Greenwood
Starring	Peter Reynolds Lisa Gastoni Olive Sloane
Cinematography	Josef Ambor
Edited by	Derek Holding
Production company	Merton Park Studios Productions
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date	28 June 1959 (1959-06-28)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wrong Number is a 1959 British second feature crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Peter Reynolds, Lisa Gastoni and Olive Sloane. It was written by James Eastwood and Norman Edwards.

Cast

Peter Reynolds as Angelo
Lisa Gastoni as Maria
Peter Elliott as Dr. Pole
Olive Sloane as Miss Crystal
Paul Whitsun-Jones as Cyril
Barry Keegan as Max
John Horsley as Superintendent Blake
Harold Goodwin as Bates
David Davenport as Sergeant Jones
Catharina Ferraz as Mrs. Landi
John Grima as Albin
Arthur Lovegrove as Saunders

Production

It was produced at Merton Park Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A routine crime thriller, not always persuasive (the robbery scenes are quite unconvincing) and – apart from Olive Sloane's amusingly larger-than-life character study – uninteresting in performance."

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Most unconvincing monor thriller; Olive Sloane's ripe performance at least punctuates the groans."

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 337. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
Vagg, Stephen (11 November 2024). "Peter Reynolds: Forgotten Cad". Filmink. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
"Wrong Number". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
"Wrong Number". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 126. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 402. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.

External links

Wrong Number at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Vernon Sewell
Morgenrot (1933) The Silver Fleet (1943) The World Owes Me a Living (1945) Latin Quarter (1945) The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) Uneasy Terms (1948) The Jack of Diamonds (1949) The Dark Light (1951) Black Widow (1951) The Floating Dutchman (1952) Ghost Ship (1952) Counterspy (1953) Dangerous Voyage (1954) Radio Cab Murder (1954) Where There's a Will (1955) Johnny, You're Wanted (1956) Soho Incident (1956) Home and Away (1956) Rogue's Yarn (1957) Battle of the V-1 (1958) Wrong Number (1959) Urge to Kill (1960) House of Mystery (1961) The Wind of Change (1961) The Man in the Back Seat (1961) Strongroom (1962) A Matter of Choice (1963) Strictly for the Birds (1964) Some May Live (1967) The Blood Beast Terror (1968) Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) Burke & Hare (1972)

Films directed by Vernon Sewell

Morgenrot (1933)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
Latin Quarter (1945)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
Uneasy Terms (1948)
The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
The Dark Light (1951)
Black Widow (1951)
The Floating Dutchman (1952)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Counterspy (1953)
Dangerous Voyage (1954)
Radio Cab Murder (1954)
Where There's a Will (1955)
Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
Soho Incident (1956)
Home and Away (1956)
Rogue's Yarn (1957)
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
Wrong Number (1959)
Urge to Kill (1960)
House of Mystery (1961)
The Wind of Change (1961)
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
Strongroom (1962)
A Matter of Choice (1963)
Strictly for the Birds (1964)
Some May Live (1967)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Burke & Hare (1972)

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