Meet Sexton Blake! is a 1945 British supporting feature drama film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar, Manning Whiley, Dennis Arundell, and John Varley.[3][4][5] It was one of two films in which David Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being The Echo Murders (1945), both directed by John Harlow.[6] Important documents are stolen from a dead man during an air raid, and the War Office call in Sexton Blake to investigate.[7]
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Directed by | John Harlow |
Screenplay by | John Harlow |
Based on | The Mystery of the Free Frenchmen by Anthony Parsons[1] |
Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
Starring | David Farrar Manning Whiley Dennis Arundell John Varley |
Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull |
Edited by | Vi Burdon |
Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production companies | Strand Film Company (for) British National Films |
Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 80 minutes[2] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Cast
- David Farrar as Sexton Blake
- Manning Whiley as Raoul Sudd
- Dennis Arundell as Johann Sudd
- John Varley as Tinker
- Betty Huntley-Wright as Nobby
- Gordon McLeod as Inspector Venner
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Bardell
- Cyril Smith as Belford
- Magda Kun as Yvonne
- Ferdy Mayne as Slant-Eyes
- Charles Farrell as Skipper
- Roddy Hughes as Ferraby
- Philip Godfrey as James Baird
- Tony Arpino as Torch
- Charles Rolfe as Mario Carloni
- Elsie Wagstaff as Mrs Baird
Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "entertaining in an unintended way", rating it two out of five stars.[8]