Fingers (1941 film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Fingers

| director = Herbert Mason

| producer = A.M.Salomon

| writer = Brock Williams

| starring = Clifford Evans
Leonora Corbett
Esmond Knight

| music = Jack Beaver

| cinematography = Basil Emmott

| studio = Warner Bros

| distributor = Warner Bros

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1941|3|15|United Kingdom|}}

| runtime = 69 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

|budget=£15,099Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4,

687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714

|gross=£886

| language = English

}}

Fingers is a 1941 British second feature ('B'){{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=The British 'B' Film |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=BFI/Bloomsbury |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=4}} drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring Clifford Evans, Leonora Corbett and Esmond Knight.{{Cite web |title=Fingers |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038565 |access-date=20 January 2025 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} It was written by Brock Williams and was produced by A.M.Salomon for Warner Bros.{{Cite web |date=2009-01-17 |title=BFI {{!}} Film & TV Database {{!}} FINGERS (1940) |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33252 |access-date=2025-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117115938/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/33252 |archive-date=17 January 2009 }}

Plot

A London jeweller and fence for stolen goods falls in love and tries to reform.

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "During the few halts in its extravagant perambulation it shows that crime does pay. Its confused morality robs it of conviction. But novelettish as it is, it has mass appeal Its versatile by-play, attractive cast and ambitious technical presentation effectively cloak its lurid fundamentals. Reliable quota booking for the masses."{{Cite magazine |date=28 November 1940 |title=Fingers |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2339682936 |url-access=subscription |magazine=Kine Weekly |pages=18 |via=ProQuest |volume=285 |issue=1754|id={{ProQuest|2339682936}} }}

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