Three Silent Men
1940 British film
- 7 September 1940 (1940-09-07)
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Three Silent Men is a 1940 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc and Arthur Hambling.[2] The screenplay concerns a pacifist surgeon who must operate to save the life of the inventor of a deadly weapon of war. When the inventor dies the surgeon becomes prime suspect.[3]
Plot
Pacifist surgeon Sir James Quentin (Sebastian Shaw) operates on Zaroff (Meinhart Maur), the inventor of a lethal weapon to be used against the Allies in the war. When Zaroff is discovered dead from an excess of ether, Quentin is immediately suspected. To clear her father's name, Quentin's daughter Pat (Patricia Roc) and her boyfriend Captain Mellish (Derrick De Marney) search for the murderer.
Cast
- Sebastian Shaw as Sir James Quentin
- Derrick De Marney as Captain John Mellish
- Patricia Roc as Pat Quentin
- Arthur Hambling as Ginger Brown
- Meinhart Maur as Karl Zaroff
- John Turnbull as Inspector Gill
- Peter Gawthorne as General Bullington
- André Morell as Klein
- Charles Oliver as Johnson
- Jack Vyvian as Sergeant Wells
- Billy Watts as Fernald
- Charles Paton as Mr. Gibbs
- Basil Cunard as Dr. Fairlie
- Hugh Dempster as Nelson
- Ian Fleming as Pennington
- Cameron Hall as Badger Wood
- Scott Harrold as Ted Blacklock
- F.B.J. Sharp as Coroner
- Bill Shine as Bystander at accident
- Cynthia Stock as Matron
Critical reception
TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "Badly written, though the suspense makes it entertaining."[4]
References
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Three Silent Men (1940)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
- ^ "Three Silent Men (1940) - Daniel Birt - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Three Silent Men".
External links
- Three Silent Men at IMDb
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Films directed by Thomas Bentley
- Oliver Twist (1912)
- David Copperfield (1913)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1914)
- The Chimes (1914)
- Hard Times (1915)
- Barnaby Rudge (1915)
- Milestones (1916)
- Beau Brocade (1916)
- The Labour Leader (1917)
- Daddy (1917)
- Les cloches de Corneville (1917)
- The Divine Gift (1918)
- Once Upon a Time (1918)
- The Lackey and the Lady (1919)
- General Post (1920)
- Beyond the Dreams of Avarice (1920)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
- The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921)
- A Master of Craft (1922)
- Through Fire and Water (1923)
- Wanted, a Boy (1924)
- Old Bill Through the Ages (1924)
- Love and Hate (1924)
- Chappy—That's All (1924)
- Money Isn't Everything (1925)
- A Romance of Mayfair (1925)
- White Heat (1926)
- The Silver Lining (1927)
- Not Quite a Lady (1928)
- Young Woodley (1928)
- The American Prisoner (1929)
- Harmony Heaven (1930)
- Young Woodley (1930)
- Compromising Daphne (1931)
- Hobson's Choice (1931)
- Keepers of Youth (1932)
- After Office Hours (1932)
- Sleepless Nights (1933)
- Hawley's of High Street (1933)
- The Love Nest (1933)
- The Scotland Yard Mystery (1934)
- Those Were the Days (1934)
- The Great Defender (1934)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- Music Hath Charms (1935)
- She Knew What She Wanted (1936)
- The Angelus (1937)
- Silver Blaze (1937)
- The Last Chance (1937)
- Night Alone (1938)
- Marigold (1938)
- Me and My Pal (1939)
- Lucky to Me (1939)
- Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
- The Middle Watch (1940)
- Three Silent Men (1940)
- Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
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