Father Brown, Detective

{{short description|1934 film by Edward Sedgwick}}

{{For|the 1954 film starring Alec Guinness|Father Brown (film)}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Father Brown, Detective

| image = Father_Brown,_Detective_(1934_film).jpg

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| director = Edward Sedgwick

| producer = Edward Sedgwick
Bayard Veiller

| screenplay = Henry Myers
C. Gardner Sullivan

| starring = Walter Connolly
Paul Lukas
Gertrude Michael

| music = Composer: title music (uncredited):
Heinz Roemheld

| cinematography = Theodor Sparkuhl

| editing = James Smith

| studio = Paramount Productions

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1934|12|14|USA}}

| runtime = 68 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Father Brown, Detective is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Walter Connolly, Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32935|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206200909/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32935|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-02-06|title=Father Brown, Detective (1934)}} It is based on the 1910 Father Brown story "The Blue Cross" by G. K. Chesterton.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2zTtMxkExgC&q=father+brown+detective+1934&pg=PA90|title=Icons of Mystery and Crime Detection: From Sleuths to Superheroes|first=Mitzi M.|last=Brunsdale|date=26 July 2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9780313345319|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9e61c1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407092024/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a9e61c1|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2016|title=Father Brown (1954)}}