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
687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 714
| 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
- Clifford Evans as Fingers
- Leonora Corbett as Bonita Grant
- Esmond Knight as Sid Harris
- Edward Rigby as Sam Bromley
- Elizabeth Scott as Meg
- Roland Culver as Hugo Allen
- Reginald Purdell as Creeper
- Joss Ambler as Inspector
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}} }}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|0032469}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190504074937/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aa28500 Fingers] at the British Film Institute
{{Herbert Mason}}
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Herbert Mason
Category:Films scored by Jack Beaver
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:English-language drama films
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