Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard

Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952)

Whispering Smith Hits London

MAD KILLERS STALK YANK SLEUTH!

In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the father of the deceased woman thinks was murder.

Date of release
1952-01-01
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 22m
Genres
Crime, Mystery
Director
Francis Searle

Casting

Interesting facts

Whispering Smith Hits London is a 1952 British second feature ('B') crime drama directed by Francis Searle and starring Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt and Herbert Lom. It was written by John Gilling and Steve Fisher from a story by Frank H. Spearman. The original working title for the film was Whispering Smith Investigates, but it was changed to Whispering Smith Hits London just before its trade show. Michael Carreras was working on the script for a sequel to this film, but plans for a series was dropped.

Production

The screenplay was by John Gilling and Steve Fisher, based on a story by Frank H. Spearman. Gilling said in interviewsc that he had to sue to get his writer's credit on the film, which infuriated James Carreras who was planning to credit only Spearman. It was made at Bray Studios with some location shooting in London. Production ran from 14 May 1951 to 21 June 1951.

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