Find the Lady | |
Director: | Charles Saunders |
Producer: | John Temple-Smith |
Screenplay: | Kenneth Hayles |
Story: | Paul Erickson Dermot Palmer |
Starring: | Donald Houston Mervyn Johns Beverly Brooks |
Music: | Ray Terry Philip Martell (musical director) |
Cinematography: | Brendan J. Stafford |
Editing: | Richard Sidwell |
Studio: | Major Productions Act Productions |
Runtime: | 56 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Budget: | £12,000[1] |
Find the Lady is a 1956 British comedy thriller 'B'[2] film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns.[3]
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her godmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Intended presumably as a comedy thriller, Find the Lady lacks wit and is only intermittently exciting. It is difficult to decide from Beverly Brooks' performance whether the heroine is meant to be as empty-headed as she appears. Of the supporting cast, only Maurice Kaufman and Edwin Richfield manage to bring any conviction to their parts."[4]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Neatly plotted comedy-thriller taher short on genuine humour."[5]