Twenty Questions Murder Mystery (Original title)Murder on the Air (Alternative title)
Date: 23 January 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Paul L. Stein
Synopsis: A murderer sends in a question to the B.B.C.'s "20 Questions" programme prior to committing a crime.
Genre: Crime
Subject: BBC Radio
Releases
Date: 23 January 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8589 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6636 19 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2370 27 Nov 1952 Page: 24
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2370 27 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Industry v7 n57 22 Sep 1949 Page: 13
Title: Casting CreditsArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Industry v7 n57 22 Sep 1949 Page: 15
Title: Production CreditsArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v73 n5893 13 Dec 1949
Title: [Today's Cinema - v73 n5893 13 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n192 December 1949 Page: 219
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n192 December 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2224 15 Dec 1949 Page: 182
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2224 15 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBFI identifier: C-1457371
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1140716
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 23 January 1950 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Paul L. Stein
Synopsis: A murderer sends in a question to the B.B.C.'s "20 Questions" programme prior to committing a crime.
Genre: Crime
Subject: BBC Radio
Releases
Date: 23 January 1950Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8589 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
Production Company: Pax Films, Production Company: Pendennis Pictures Corporation, Producer: Victor Katona, Production Manager: Charles Leeds, Assistant Director (1st): John Bremer, Assistant Director (2nd): Tony Kelly, Continuity: Kathleen Sinnott, Screenplay by: Patrick Kirwan, Victor Katona, From an idea by: Charles Leeds, Photography: Ernest Palmer, Camera Operator: Hal Britten, Location Camera: Ted Lloyd, [Focus Puller]: Cyril Gray, Supervising Editor: Donald Ginsberg, Editor: Gerald Thomas, Art Direction: Don Russell, Make-up: John O'Gorman, Hair Stylist: Jane Seymour, Music by: Hans May, Conducted by: Hans May, Arranged by: Hans May, Sound: Len Page, Logo [Sound System]: RCA Recording, Made at: Southall Studios
Cast
(32)
Robert Beatty (Bob Beecham), Rona Anderson (Mary Game), Clifford Evans (Tom Harmon), Stewart MacPherson, Jack Train (himself), Jeanne De Casalis (herself), Daphne Padell, Richard Dimbleby, Norman Hackforth (himself), Edward Lexy (Detective Inspector Charlton), Olga Lindo (Olive Tavy), Frederick Leister (Police Commissioner), Harold Scott (Maurice Emery KC), Wally Patch (Police Officer Tiny White), Meadows White (Frederick Tavy), Kynaston Reeves (General Maitland), Gordon McLeod (Record news editor), Liam Redman (Echo news editor), John Salew (John Grimshaw), Howard Douglas (police doctor), Arthur Young (doctor), Merle Tottenham (neighbour), Sonya O'Shea (Stewart McPherson's secretary), Homi D. Bode (Mohammed Ali), Philip King (waiter at the 'Cheshire Cheese'), Jack Sharpe ([attendant at Paris cinema]), Beatrice Varley ([Olive Tavey]), Michael Dear ([1st newsboy]), Campbell Allen ([1st pressman]), Charles Seymor ([1st plainclothes man]), Martin Boddey ([2nd plainclothes man]), June Whitfield ([])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(7)
In: Today's Cinema v79 n6636 19 Nov 1952 Page: 11Title: [Today's Cinema - v79 n6636 19 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2370 27 Nov 1952 Page: 24
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2370 27 Nov 1952: no known title]Language: English
In: Film Industry v7 n57 22 Sep 1949 Page: 13
Title: Casting CreditsArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Film Industry v7 n57 22 Sep 1949 Page: 15
Title: Production CreditsArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Today's Cinema v73 n5893 13 Dec 1949
Title: [Today's Cinema - v73 n5893 13 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v16 n192 December 1949 Page: 219
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v16 n192 December 1949: no known title]Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2224 15 Dec 1949 Page: 182
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2224 15 Dec 1949: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm BW PositiveBFI identifier: C-1457371
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1140716
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status