Snowbound (Original title)
Dates: 1947 (Copyright), 03 May 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David MacDonald
Synopsis: Thriller. Film director (and intelligence agent) Bob Engles spots his old fellow-soldier Neil Blair working as a film extra, and gives him a special job to do instead. Posing as a scriptwriter, Blair is to stay in a ski lodge in the Dolomites and monitor the comings and goings of its other residents. This he does, with increasing peril to life and limb, as seven mysterious people, many of whom seem to know each other, gather in the lodge. It soon becomes clear that they are all searching for something they believe is buried in the immediate vicinity.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Filmmakers, Ski resorts
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7800 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v174 n10 5 Mar 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2135 1 Apr 1948
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2135 1 Apr 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5627 30 Mar 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5627 30 Mar 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n172 April 1948 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n172 April 1948: no known title]Language: English
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7646 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-157281
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Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-593507
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Film materials(10)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7646 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-157281
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7653 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-157279
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-501653
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateLength: 7023 FeetBFI identifier: C-501654
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7645 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-784728
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7653 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-157280
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-501652
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Description: 35mm OriginalBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-506734
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm OriginalBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-506735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7653 FeetBFI identifier: C-501655
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1947 (Copyright), 03 May 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: David MacDonald
Synopsis: Thriller. Film director (and intelligence agent) Bob Engles spots his old fellow-soldier Neil Blair working as a film extra, and gives him a special job to do instead. Posing as a scriptwriter, Blair is to stay in a ski lodge in the Dolomites and monitor the comings and goings of its other residents. This he does, with increasing peril to life and limb, as seven mysterious people, many of whom seem to know each other, gather in the lodge. It soon becomes clear that they are all searching for something they believe is buried in the immediate vicinity.
Genre: Thriller
Subjects: Espionage, Filmmakers, Ski resorts
Releases
Date: 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7800 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: November 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(35)
©/A Gainsborough Picture: Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Presents: The Rank Organisation, Released through: RKO Radio Pictures, In Charge of Production: Sydney Box, Produced by: Aubrey Baring, Production Manager: Anthony Nelson Keys, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Alpine Location Director: Godfrey Grayson, Assistant Director: Don Weeks, [Continuity]: Phyllis Ross, Screenplay by: David Evans, Keith Campbell, Additional Dialogue: Hammond Innes, From the novel 'The Lonely Skier' by: Hammond Innes, Director of Photography: Stephen Dade, Alpine Exterior Photography: Cyril J. Knowles, Cameraman: Jack Asher, Special Effects: P. Guidobaldi, Supervising Editor: A. Charles Knott, Editor: James Needs, [Assistant Editor]: Gerry Anderson, Supervising Art Director: George Provis, Designs and Art Direction: Maurice Carter, Dress Designer: Joan Ellacott, Make-up: W.T. Partleton, Music Composed by: Cedric Thorpe Davie, and [Music] Played by: The London Symphony Orchestra, [Music] Conducted by: John Hollingsworth, Director of Sound: B.C. Sewell, [Sound] Recording: Sid Wiles, William Salter, Sound System: British Acoustic Film, Made at the: Gainsborough Studios, [Studio]: Shepherd's Bush Studios
Cast
(16)
Robert Newton (Bob Engles), Dennis Price (Neil Blair), Stanley Holloway (Joe Wesson), Herbert Lom (Keramikos), Marcel Dalio (Stefano Valdini), Guy Middleton (Gilbert Mayne), Mila Parely (Contessa Forelli (Carla Rometta)), Willy Fueter (Aldo), Richard Molinas (Mancini), Catharina Ferraz (Emilia), Massino Coen (auctioneer), William Price (Stelben), Gilbert Davis (commissionaire), Rossiter Shepherd (lawyer), Lionel Grose (Corporal Holtz), Zena Marshall (Italian girl)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Motion Picture Herald v174 n10 5 Mar 1949Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v174 n10 5 Mar 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2135 1 Apr 1948
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2135 1 Apr 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v70 n5627 30 Mar 1948
Title: [Today's Cinema - v70 n5627 30 Mar 1948: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v15 n172 April 1948 Page: 48
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v15 n172 April 1948: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(20)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7646 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-157281
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-593528
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-593528-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Digital materials(10)
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-593553
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-593553-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-593574
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: WAV - LTO5BFI identifier: N-593574-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-713420
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: DPX - LTO5BFI identifier: N-713420-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-593507
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MOV - LTO5ProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-593507-2
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-593528
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Description: MP4 - LTO5MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-593528-2
Status: Viewing - Digital file can be accessed on request
Film materials(10)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7646 FeetStock date: 1983BFI identifier: C-157281
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: Combined as MuteLength: 7653 FeetStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-157279
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateSound: MuteStock date: 1948BFI identifier: C-501653
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: NitrateLength: 7023 FeetBFI identifier: C-501654
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 7645 FeetStock date: 1947BFI identifier: C-784728
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 7653 FeetStock date: 1965BFI identifier: C-157280
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundBFI identifier: C-501652
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm OriginalBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-506734
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm OriginalBase: NitrateSound: MuteBFI identifier: C-506735
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 7653 FeetBFI identifier: C-501655
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film