The Durant Affair Explained

The Durant Affair
Director:	Godfrey Grayson
Story:	Eldon Howard
Producer:	Philip Elton
Editing:	John Dunsford
Starring:	Jane Griffiths Conrad Phillips Nigel Green
Cinematography:	Lionel Banes
Runtime:	65 minutes
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English

The Durant Affair is a 1962 British 'B'^[1] drama film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Jane Griffiths, Conrad Phillips and Nigel Green.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

A will is contested in court after a fortune is granted to an unexpected heiress.

Cast

• Jane Griffiths as Mary Grant
• Conrad Phillips as Julian Armour
• Nigel Green as Sir Patrick
• Simon Lack as Roland Farley
• Katharine Pate as Ethel Durant (uncredited)
• Francis de Wolff
• Richard Caldicot
• Ann Lancaster

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Undramatic, repetitive courtroom melodrama with one or two sound performances but little else to recommend it."^[4]

References

1. Book: Chibnall, Steve . The British 'B' Film . McFarlane . Brian . . 2009 . 978-1-8445-7319-6 . London . 96.
2. Web site: The Durant Affair . 27 April 2024 . British Film Institute Collections Search.
3. Web site: The Durant Affair (1962) BFI . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213224242/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/193680 . dead . February 13, 2009 . ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . November 17, 2017.
4. 1 January 1962 . The Durant Affair . . 29 . 336 . 80 . ProQuest.