After a fire at an insane asylum during the Edwardian era, a young journalist becomes convinced that one of the patients has escaped and taken lodgings at a local middle-class household. The mysterious "Doctor Fell" comes to dominate the three women in the house - mother, daughter and maid - and increasingly shuts them off from outside contact. Despite a lack of assistance from the authorities, the journalist suspects that the Doctor is in fact the notorious Jack the Ripper who is planning a fresh series of attacks.
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, calling it "A fairly disturbing programmer which remains suspenseful to the end."[4] and Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings wrote, "This is basically a variation of THE LODGER, and a very effective one. Valentine Dyall steals the movie as the truly creepy lodger, Dr. Fell."[5]
room, 1950, film, room, 1950, british, historical, thriller, film, directed, godfrey, grayson, starring, jimmy, hanley, valentine, dyall, constance, smith, adapted, from, radio, play, margery, allingham, broadcast, 1947, room, letdirected, bygodfrey, graysonwr. Room to Let is a 1950 British historical thriller film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Jimmy Hanley Valentine Dyall and Constance Smith 1 It was adapted from the BBC radio play by Margery Allingham broadcast in 1947 2 3 Room to LetDirected byGodfrey GraysonWritten byMargery Allingham radio drama John GillingGodfrey GraysonProduced byAnthony HindsStarringJimmy HanleyValentine DyallConstance SmithCinematographyCedric WilliamsEdited byJames NeedsMusic byFrank SpencerProductioncompanyHammer FilmsDistributed byExclusive FilmsRelease date15 May 1950 1950 05 15 Running time68 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 Critical reception 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External linksSynopsis editAfter a fire at an insane asylum during the Edwardian era a young journalist becomes convinced that one of the patients has escaped and taken lodgings at a local middle class household The mysterious Doctor Fell comes to dominate the three women in the house mother daughter and maid and increasingly shuts them off from outside contact Despite a lack of assistance from the authorities the journalist suspects that the Doctor is in fact the notorious Jack the Ripper who is planning a fresh series of attacks Cast editJimmy Hanley as Curly Minter Valentine Dyall as Doctor Fell Christine Silver as Mrs Musgrave Merle Tottenham as Alice Constance Smith as Molly Musgrave Charles Hawtrey as Mike Atkinson Aubrey Dexter as Harding Anthony La Penna as JJ Reginald Dyson as Sergeant Cranbourne Laurence Naismith as Editor John Clifford as Atkinson Stuart Saunders as Porter Cyril Conway as Doctor Mansfield Charles Houston as Tom Harriet Petworth as Matron Charles Mander as P C Smith H Hamilton Earle as Orderly F A Williams as Butler Archie Callum as Night WatchmanCritical reception editTV Guide gave the film two out of five stars calling it A fairly disturbing programmer which remains suspenseful to the end 4 and Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings wrote This is basically a variation of THE LODGER and a very effective one Valentine Dyall steals the movie as the truly creepy lodger Dr Fell 5 References edit Chibnall amp MacFarlane p 76 Room to Let 1950 Archived from the original on 3 October 2017 Jones Julia 12 January 2018 The Adventures of Margery Allingham Golden Duck UK Ltd ISBN 9781899262014 via Google Books Room To Let TVGuide com Roon to Let 1950 14 December 2014 Bibliography editChibnall Steve amp McFarlane Brian The British B Film Palgrave MacMillan 2009 External links editRoom to Let at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a British film of the 1950s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Room to Let 1950 film amp oldid 1222790844, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
