Meet Sexton Blake! Explained

Meet Sexton Blake!
Director:John Harlow
Producer:Louis H. Jackson
Screenplay:John Harlow
Based On:[1]
Starring:David Farrar
Manning Whiley
Dennis Arundell
John Varley
Music:Percival Mackey
Cinematography:Geoffrey Faithfull
Editing:Vi Burdon
Studio:Strand Film Company (for)
British National Films
Distributor:Anglo-American Film Corporation
Runtime:80 minutes[2]
Country:United Kingdom
Language:English

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]

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film "entertaining in an unintended way", rating it two out of five stars.[8]

References

  1. Web site: The Living Image. Hinrich. Derek. 26 June 2020. 2018.
  2. Web site: MEET SEXTON BLAKE - British Board of Film Classification. www.bbfc.co.uk.
  3. Web site: Meet Sexton Blake (1945). 9 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121018232106/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46582. 18 October 2012. dead.
  4. Book: The British 'B' Film. Stephen. Chibnall. Brian. McFarlane. 23 October 2009. Palgrave Macmillan. 9781844575749. Google Books.
  5. Web site: Meet Sexton Blake (1944) - John Harlow - Cast and Crew - AllMovie. AllMovie.
  6. Web site: OBITUARIES: David Farrar. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaries-david-farrar-1603397.html . 12 May 2022 . subscription . live. 29 September 1995.
  7. Web site: Meet Sexton Blake (1945 film). Richard. Williams. Silver Sirens.
  8. Web site: Meet Sexton Blake. TVGuide.com.