Hell Is Sold Out (Original title)
Date: 23 July 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Michael Anderson
Synopsis: Comedy: The French Resistance novelist Domenic Danges returns unexpectedly to find a Swedish girl posing as his widow and has published a novel under his name. A love triangle develops when a fellow prisoner falls in love with Valerie.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7659 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v191 n1 4 Apr 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v76 n6267 7 Jun 1951 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v76 n6267 7 Jun 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v18 n210 July 1951 Page: 297
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v18 n210 July 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 30
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 16
Title: [ - : no known title]
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7589 FeetBFI identifier: C-562585
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 85 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077836
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 85 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077836
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7589 FeetBFI identifier: C-562585
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7676 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-75980
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 4469 FeetBFI identifier: C-75985
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 2333 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-75987
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7676 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75988
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 780 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75981
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3207 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 4469 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75983
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6132 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75984
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 764 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75986
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7671 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75989
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 23 July 1951 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Michael Anderson
Synopsis: Comedy: The French Resistance novelist Domenic Danges returns unexpectedly to find a Swedish girl posing as his widow and has published a novel under his name. A love triangle develops when a fellow prisoner falls in love with Valerie.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7659 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(24)
[Production Company]: Zelstro Productions, Producer: Raymond Stross, Production Manager: John Palmer, Assistant Director: Adrian Pryce-Jones, Continuity: Angela Martelli, Screenplay: Guy Morgan, Screenplay: Moie Charles, Adaptation: Nick Salamon, Based on a novel by: Maurice Dekobra, Lighting Cameraman: Jack Asher, Camera Operator: Ray Sturgess, Editor: Hazel Wilkinson, Assembly Cutter: Audrey Bennett, Art Director: George Paterson, Costumes created for Mai Zetterling: Nina Margo, Furs: Molho Furcraft, Make-up: Gerry Fairbank, Hairdresser: Waleen Whitworth, Music composed and conducted: Hans May, Lyric to 'Masquerade': Sonny Miller, Sound Recording: Tommy Meyers, Sound Recording: Red Law, Studio: Nettlefold Studios (Walton-on-Thames)
Cast
(24)
Audrey Bennett (Assembly Cutter), Richard Attenborough (Pierre Bonnet), Mai Zetterling (Valerie Martyn), Herbert Lom (Dominic Danges), Kathleen Byron (Arlette de Balzaman), Hermione Baddeley (Madame Menestrier), Nicholas Hannen (Francois), Joan Hickson (Hortense), Olaf Pooley (Cheri), Eric Pohlmann (Louis), Laurence Naismith (Doctor Monceau), Joan Young (Gertrude de Montfort Cole, Junr.), Zena Marshall (Honey Child), Aletha Orr (Eunice Weinhardt), Virginia Bedard (Irma Reinhardt), George Margo (American army colonel), Ronald Adam (specialist), Ivor Barnard (taxi driver), John Penrose (repatriation official), Geoffrey Toone (Swedish embassy official), Mara Lane (Midinette), Oscar Quitak (Jacques, boy waiter), Hal Osmond ([bookseller]), Joan Elan ([nurse])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Motion Picture Herald v191 n1 4 Apr 1953 Page: 1783Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v191 n1 4 Apr 1953: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v76 n6267 7 Jun 1951 Page: 6
Title: [Today's Cinema - v76 n6267 7 Jun 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v18 n210 July 1951 Page: 297
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v18 n210 July 1951: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 30
Title: [ - : no known title]
In: Page: 16
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(12)
Accessible materials to view(2)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7589 FeetBFI identifier: C-562585
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 85 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077836
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 85 minutesBFI identifier: C-1077836
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(11)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7589 FeetBFI identifier: C-562585
Status: Viewing - Access to film print is subject to clearance (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7676 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-75980
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 4469 FeetBFI identifier: C-75985
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 2333 FeetStock date: 1952BFI identifier: C-75987
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7676 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75988
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 780 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75981
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 3207 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75982
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteLength: 4469 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75983
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 6132 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75984
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 764 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75986
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7671 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-75989
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film