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The Franchise Affair

  • 1951
  • 1h 28min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,1/10
449
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The Franchise Affair (1951)
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Michael Denison interpreta un avvocato che indaga sulle accuse di rapimento contro Dulcie Gray. Basato su un romanzo di Josephine Tey.Michael Denison interpreta un avvocato che indaga sulle accuse di rapimento contro Dulcie Gray. Basato su un romanzo di Josephine Tey.Michael Denison interpreta un avvocato che indaga sulle accuse di rapimento contro Dulcie Gray. Basato su un romanzo di Josephine Tey.

  • Regia
    • Lawrence Huntington
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Robert Hall
    • Lawrence Huntington
    • Josephine Tey
  • Star
    • Michael Denison
    • Dulcie Gray
    • Anthony Nicholls
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,1/10
    449
    LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
    • Regia
      • Lawrence Huntington
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Robert Hall
      • Lawrence Huntington
      • Josephine Tey
    • Star
      • Michael Denison
      • Dulcie Gray
      • Anthony Nicholls
    • 18Recensioni degli utenti
    • 2Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali32

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    Michael Denison
    Michael Denison
    • Robert Blair
    Dulcie Gray
    Dulcie Gray
    • Marion Sharpe
    Anthony Nicholls
    Anthony Nicholls
    • Kevin McDermott
    Marjorie Fielding
    Marjorie Fielding
    • Mrs. Sharpe
    Athene Seyler
    Athene Seyler
    • Aunt Lin
    John Bailey
    John Bailey
    • Detective Inspector Grant
    Ann Stephens
    Ann Stephens
    • Betty Kane
    Hy Hazell
    Hy Hazell
    • Mrs. Chadwick
    Kenneth More
    Kenneth More
    • Stanley Peters
    Avice Landone
    Avice Landone
    • Mrs. Wynn
    Maureen Glynne
    • Rose Glynn
    Peter Jones
    Peter Jones
    • Bernard Chadwick
    Moultrie Kelsall
    Moultrie Kelsall
    • Judge
    Martin Boddey
    Martin Boddey
    • Police Inspector Hallam
    Patrick Troughton
    Patrick Troughton
    • Bill Brough
    Hugh Moxey
    Hugh Moxey
    • Counsel for Prosecution
    John Warwick
    John Warwick
    • Carley
    Ernest Jay
    • Ramsden
    • Regia
      • Lawrence Huntington
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Robert Hall
      • Lawrence Huntington
      • Josephine Tey
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    Recensioni degli utenti18

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    8adrianovasconcelos

    Excellent unusual film noir; superb Denison performance

    To my chagrin, I know nothing about Director Lawrence Huntington. After watching THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR, the keener my regret about my ignorance.

    THE FRANCHISE AFFAIR, a fine novel by Josephine Tey, is competently, classily and unpretentiously transposed to the silver screen by Huntington and Robert Hall, relying to a considerable extent on a superior performance from the male lead, Michael Denison - about whom, equally regrettably, I know just as little.

    That said, Denison and female lead Dulcie Gray were married in real life, and certainly you feel a stable and solid connection between them (their marriage lasted over 60 years).

    Very good support performances from the elderly and highly dignified Marjorie Fielding, a very young Kenneth More as a mechanic, the beautiful Hy Hazell as the key witness. The only performance I found wanting was that of Ann Stephens as Betty, the mendacious accuser, but perhaps the fault also lies with her part which, in my view, should have made her motivations more clear.

    Excellent cinematography by Günther Krampf and editing by Clifford Boote.

    Definitely worth watching - more than once, too! 8/10.
    4boblipton

    Poorly Composed

    Small town solicitor Michael Denison is called in when two of his clients, Dulcie Gray and her aunt Marjorie fielding, are accused by Ann Stephens of kidnapping her and holding her at their estate to be a maid of all work. She describes the grounds and the room she was kept in, and an examination by the police show she knows the place. The village turns against the ladies, even as Denison develops feelings for Miss Gray.

    Despite the derivation from a novel by Josephine Tey, I did not find this a particularly compelling movie. Things go from bad to worse, yet it only takes ten minutes in court to settle out what actually happened. Unprefigured witnesses pop up, with simple explanations of why they hadn't been heard from before. Despite a cast which includes Athene Seyler, Hy Hazell, and Patrick Troughton, there's nothing here but adequate performances in a poorly composed mystery.
    7lucyrf

    Sticks to the script

    The film sticks closely to the book, which is a plus. It was made soon after the war, and some of the events recall what people had been through - being demonised and having mobs graffiti your premises and throw rocks through your window, and worse.

    The acting is fine, especially from old Mrs Sharp. The makers avoided the temptation to have the other characters comment on her saltiness - she just comes out with her rather acid quips. She is funny, and so is Michael Deniston as Robert Blair, the solicitor.

    I agree with the commenter who regretted the static nature of the filming - yes, it is stagey. Characters don't move much, and there are few close-ups or reaction shots.

    The working-class characters are more prominent in the book, but they are well-played by such as Kenneth More and Patrick Troughton.

    40s films gained by the glamour and style of women's clothes and hairdos. What went so wrong in the 50s!?!? Betty Kane is supposed to look frumpy in her school clothes, but poor Dulcie Gray is saddled with middle-aged clothes and a hair-don't.
    6richardchatten

    The Girl in the Green Hat

    A reasonably faithful adaptation of Josephine Tey's 1948 novel based on an actual case of alleged kidnapping nearly two hundred years earlier; but also all too common unfortunately in the twenty-first century.

    It begins rather like 'Kiss Me Deadly' with a flimsily dressed young woman thumbing a lift at night, while the mob violence unleashed against the two 'outsiders' recalls 'Le Corbeau'. But for the most part it's content to amble along without much sense of urgency as you scratch your head pondering over the 'why' rather than the 'what'?
    6VADigger

    Entertaining, not memorable

    A young girl reappears after a two week absence with a fantastic story of having been held captive by two women in an isolated house. The police seem disinclined to investigate deeply, so it is up to the women's lawyer to uncover the truth.

    The movie is extraordinarily faithful to the book; indeed, entire pages of dialogue are transferred to the screen. The biggest change is in the nature of how the truth is disclosed, which is both tidier and more believable in the film.

    The story is less a mystery than a character study, and in this the film falls flat. The most interesting character, the girl, is almost an aside. A section of the book that outlines her background and fills out her story has been dropped, and the film is poorer for that.

    Still, you're likely to find it an intriguing film, if not one you'll rush to see again.

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      Mrs. Sharpe: [entering a coffee-shop, scandalizing the other customers] We've just flown in on our broomsticks for a cup of hot blood.

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      Version of The Franchise Affair (1962)

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    • Data di uscita
      • 28 aprile 1952 (Stati Uniti)
    • Paese di origine
      • Regno Unito
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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      • Дело о похищении
    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Associated British Elstree Studios, Shenley Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Inghilterra, Regno Unito
    • Azienda produttrice
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
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      • Black and White
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