Three Silent Men (Original title)
Date: 09 September 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Thomas Bentley
Synopsis: Zaroff, the inventor of a new, effective weapon is found killed from ether after his life is saved by a surgeon. The surgeon is suspected but Zaroff's injured assistant implicates himself by murdering a poacher who stole the plans for the weapon. The surgeon's manservant confesses to killing Zaroff but the assistant's death leaves him in the clear.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Espionage
Releases
Date: 09 September 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6515 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v68 n5461 4 Mar 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1828 30 Apr 1942
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1828 30 Apr 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4427 12 Jun 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4427 12 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1730 13 Jun 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1730 13 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-598095
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 5900 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-553967
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-598095
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: Combined as MuteLength: 5602 FeetBFI identifier: C-598093
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5602 FeetBFI identifier: C-598094
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 09 September 1940 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Thomas Bentley
Synopsis: Zaroff, the inventor of a new, effective weapon is found killed from ether after his life is saved by a surgeon. The surgeon is suspected but Zaroff's injured assistant implicates himself by murdering a poacher who stole the plans for the weapon. The surgeon's manservant confesses to killing Zaroff but the assistant's death leaves him in the clear.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Espionage
Releases
Date: 09 September 1940Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6515 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(16)
Produced by: Butcher's Film Service Ltd., Butcher's Film Service Managing Director: F.W. Baker, Associate Producer: Dan Birt, Production Manager: E.S. Laurie, Assistant Director: Cecil Dixon, Scenario by: Dudley Leslie, Adaptation: John Byrd, Story from the Novel by: E.P. Thorne, Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull, Camera Operator: Arthur Grant, Editor: Cecil Williamson, Art Director: R. Holmes Paul, Recordist: Hal Fuller, Sound System: RCA Photophone, Studio: Walton-on-Thames, England Nettlefold Studios
Cast
(23)
Sebastian Shaw (Sir James Quentin), Derrick de Marney (Captain John Mellish), Patricia Roc (Pat Quentin), Arthur Hambling (Ginger Brown), Cameron Hall (Bodger Wood), John Turnbull (Inspector Gill), Peter Gawthorne (General Bullingdon), André Morell (Charles Klein), Jack Vyvyan (Sergeant Wells), Meinhart Maur (Karl Zaroff), Scott Harrold (Ted Blacklock), Cynthia Stock (the matron), Basil Cunard (Dr Fairlie), F.B.J. Sharp (the coroner), Charles Oliver (Johnson), Hugh Dempster (Nelson), Ian Fleming (Pennington), Billy Watts (Fernald), Kay Lewis, Marjorie Taylor, Barbara Lott (nurse), Bill Shine (bystander at accident), Charles Paton (Mr Gibbs)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Today's Cinema v68 n5461 4 Mar 1947Title: [Today's Cinema - v68 n5461 4 Mar 1947: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1828 30 Apr 1942
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1828 30 Apr 1942: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v54 n4427 12 Jun 1940
Title: [Today's Cinema - v54 n4427 12 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1730 13 Jun 1940
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1730 13 Jun 1940: no known title]Language: English
In:
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(4)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-598095
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 5900 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-553967
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedFeetStock date: 1989BFI identifier: C-598095
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: CTASound: Combined as MuteLength: 5602 FeetBFI identifier: C-598093
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5602 FeetBFI identifier: C-598094
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film