Father Brown

Father Brown (1954)

An open and shut case of Guinness! Up to his EARS in chaos... Up to his NECK in laughs

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

Date of release
1954-06-08
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (32)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy, Mystery, Crime
Director
Robert Hamer

Casting

Interesting facts

Father Brown is a 1954 British mystery comedy film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness as the title character with Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch and Cecil Parker. Like the American film Father Brown, Detective (1934), it is based loosely on The Blue Cross (1910), the first Father Brown short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Hawkesworth. The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures in Britain and in the United States, where it was released as The Detective. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.

Production

It is based on G. K. Chesterton's Father Brown character, who had featured in a number of stories between 1911 and 1935.

The movie was the first production from Facet Productions headed by Paul F Moss and Vincent Cox. In May 1953 it was announced Alec Guinness would play the title role and that the stories were being adapted by Moss' wife Thelma Schnee but the screenplay was being prepared by Alec Coppel, Victor Kenning and Schnee.

The eventual screenplay adaptation was based loosely on the Father Brown story, "The Blue Cross." Although credited to Thelma Schnee and director Robert Hamer, it was actually co-written by Schnee and blacklisted screenwriter Maurice Rapf.

Moss died after an operation on 13 June 1954 - his wife had given birth that month to their daughter.

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