Solution by Phone
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Solution by Phone is a 1954 British
crime film
directed by Alfred Travers
and starring Clifford Evans
, Thea Gregory
and Georgina Cookson
. An actor seeks help from a crime novelist in his attempts to dispose of a body.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Alfred Travers
Alfred Travers
-Selected filmography:* Men of Tomorrow * Glorious Colours * Meet the Navy * The Strangers Came * Solution by Phone * Don Giovanni * The Primitives * One for the Pot...
and starring Clifford Evans
Clifford Evans
Clifford Evans was a Welsh actor. As a conscientious objector he served in the Non-Combatant Corps in World War II.During the summer of 1934 he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London....
, Thea Gregory
Thea Gregory
Thea Gregory was an English actress.She appeared in nine British films between 1954 and 1957, such as The Weak and the Wicked with John Gregson and Laurence Harvey. She is the widow of the actor John Gregson, whom she met while performing with Perth rep in 1946. They were married in London in...
and Georgina Cookson
Georgina Cookson
Antoinette Georgina Cookson was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011.-Family:...
. An actor seeks help from a crime novelist in his attempts to dispose of a body.
Cast
- Clifford EvansClifford EvansClifford Evans was a Welsh actor. As a conscientious objector he served in the Non-Combatant Corps in World War II.During the summer of 1934 he appeared in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Open Air Theatre in London....
... Richard Hanborough - Thea GregoryThea GregoryThea Gregory was an English actress.She appeared in nine British films between 1954 and 1957, such as The Weak and the Wicked with John Gregson and Laurence Harvey. She is the widow of the actor John Gregson, whom she met while performing with Perth rep in 1946. They were married in London in...
... Ann Selby - John Witty ... Peter Wayne
- Georgina CooksonGeorgina CooksonAntoinette Georgina Cookson was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011.-Family:...
... Frances Hanborough - Enid Hewitt ... Mrs. Garner
- Geoffrey Goodheart ... Inspector Kirby
- Max Brimmell ... Sgt. Woods