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Distant Trumpet (Original title)
Date: 29 September 1952 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Terence Fisher

Synopsis: Story of medical missionary who takes brother's place in Harley Street, while latter discovers worth-while job in Africa.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: 1952Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 70 mins Length: 5690 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (10)
Production Company: Meridian Films, Producer: Derek Elphinstone, Associate Producer: Harold Richmond, Screen Play By: Derek Elphinstone, Story By: Derek Elphinstone, Photography: Gordon Lang, Editor: John Seabourne, Art Director: George Jones, Musical Director: David Jenkins
Cast (14)
Derek Bond (Dr David Anthony), Jean Patterson (Valerie Maitland), Derek Elphinstone (Dr Richard Anthony), Anne Brooke (Beryl Jeffreys), Grace Gavin (Miss Phillips, 'Flips'), Jean Webster Brough (Mrs. Waterhouse), Grace Denbeigh-Russell (Mrs Hallet), Constance Fraser (Mrs Nettley), Alban Blakelock (Mr Harris), John Howlett (Bill Hepple), Keith Pyott (Sir Rudolph Gettins), Peter Fontaine (Peter), Gwynne Whitby (Lady Marriot-Stokes), Anne Hunter ('simply dressed woman')
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (5)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v19 n223 August 1952  Page: 109
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v19 n223 August 1952: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v78 n6534 27 Jun 1952  Page: 10
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6534 27 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English

In: Today's Cinema v78 n6521 10 Jun 1952  Page: 9
Title: [Today's Cinema - v78 n6521 10 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English

In: Kinematograph Weekly n2349 3 Jul 1952  Page: 24
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2349 3 Jul 1952: no known title]Language: English

In: Daily Film Renter v26 n6352 30 Jun 1952  Page: 14
Title: [Daily Film Renter - v26 n6352 30 Jun 1952: no known title]Language: English