Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)
{{Short description|1960 British film by Clive Donner}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Marriage of Convenience
| image = Marriage of Convenience (1960 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Clive Donner
| producer = {{ubl|Jack Greenwood|Jim O'Connolly}}
| writer = Robert Banks Stewart
| based_on = {{based on|The Three Oak Mystery |Edgar Wallace}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|John Cairney|Harry H. Corbett|John Van Eyssen}}
| music = Francis Chagrin
| cinematography = Brian Rhodes
| editing = Bernard Gribble
| studio = Merton Park Studios
| distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated
| released = {{Film date|1960|11}}
| runtime = 58 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Marriage of Convenience is a 1960 British crime film directed by Clive Donner and starring Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney and John Van Eyssen.{{Cite web |title=Marriage of Convenience |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150043554 |access-date=14 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}} The screenplay was by Robert Banks Stewart, based on the 1924 Edgar Wallace novel The Three Oak Mystery.{{Cite book |last=Goble |first=Alan |title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. |date=1999 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |publication-date=1999 |pages=488}} It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.
Plot
A convict escapes from jail, only to discover that his girlfriend has married the police officer who arrested him.
Cast
- Harry H. Corbett as Inspector Bruce
- John Cairney as Larry
- John Van Eyssen as John Mandle
- Jennifer Daniel as Barbara Blair
- Moira Redmond as Tina
- Russell Waters as Sam Spencer
- Trevor Reid as Superintendent Carver
- Howard Goorney as onion seller
- Alexander Archdale as governor
- Geoffrey Denton as uniformed inspector
- Patrick Ludlow as registrar
- Barry MacLean as 1st warder
- Basil Beale as 2nd warder
- Alex Scott as Vic Ellis
- Patricia Burke as woman in the apartment
- Pauline Shepherd as Evie Martin
- Leila Williams as secretary
- Duncan Burns as garage apprentice
- Trevor Maskell as Sergeant Collins
Release
Marriage of Convenience was the first of the Edgar Wallace series to be allocated to the Rank circuit for general release. It went out as support for Man in the Moon (1960) from January 15, 1961.
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Altogether a disappointing addition to Merton Park's new Edgar Wallace series, in that Clive Donner's surprisingly stiff, journeyman style of direction provides nothing to compensate for the generally amateurish level of performance and writing."{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1961 |title=Marriage of Convenience |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305821946/4077F0832C3D40A6PQ/1 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=28 |issue=324 |pages=10 |via=ProQuest}}
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|7051854}}
{{Edgar Wallace}}
{{Clive Donner}}
Category:1960s English-language films
Category:Merton Park Studios films
Category:Films directed by Clive Donner
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Edgar Wallace Mysteries
Category:English-language crime films
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