An Inspector Calls (1954)
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The comfortable complacency of the British Birling family is upset when Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) comes calling. An impoverished young working girl named Eva Smith (Jane Wenham) has committed suicide, and Poole hopes that the Birlings will help him find out why. As the evening progresses, a series of flashbacks reveal that each member of the Birling family has in some small way been responsible for Eva's demise. A twist ending adds a mystical, thought-provoking touch to the proceedings. Bryan Forbes, who plays the Birling son, matriculated into the noted director of such films as The L-Shaped Room, King Rat and The Whisperers. An Inspector Calls was based on a play by J.B. Priestley, which recently scored a huge hit when it was revived in London and New York. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Alastair Sim - Inspector Poole
- Olga Lindo - Sybil Birling
- Bryan Forbes - Eric Birling
- Jane Wenham - Eva Smith
- Olwen Brookes - Miss Francis
- Amy Green - Second Maid
- Walter Cross
- George Hirste
- Patricia Neal - First Maid
- Catherine Willmer - Senior Factory Woman
- Arthur Young - Arthur Birling
- Eileen Moore - Sheila Birling
- Brian Worth - Gerald Croft
- Norman Bird - Foreman
- Barbara Everest - Committee Member
- Jenny Jones - Girl
- Charles Saynor
- Bill Raymond
- John Welsh - Shopwalker
- George Woodbridge
- Director(s):
- Guy Hamilton
- Writer(s):
- Desmond Davis, J.B. Priestley
- Producer(s):
- A.D. Peters
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