Lisbon Story is a 1946 British musical thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar, Walter Rilla and Austin Trevor.[2] It was based on the musical The Lisbon Story by Harold Purcell and Harry Parr Davies that ran at The Hippodrome in 1943.[3] The screenplay concerns a cabaret singer and a British intelligence officer who travel to Berlin to rescue an atomic scientist being held there.[4]
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| Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
| Screenplay by | Jack Whittingham |
| Based on | play with music The Lisbon Story by Harry Parr Davies and Harold Purcell[1] |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Cinematography | Gerald Moss |
| Edited by | Douglas Myers |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Cast
edit- Patricia Burke as Gabrielle Girard
- David Farrar as David Warren
- Walter Rilla as Karl von Schriner
- Lawrence O'Madden as Michael O'Rourke
- Austin Trevor as Major Lutzen
- Paul Bonifas as Stephan Corelle
- Ralph Truman as Police Commissionaire
- Joan Seton as Lisette
- Harry Welchman as George Duncan
- Martin Walker as Journalist
- Noele Gordon as Panache
- Esme Percy as Mariot
- Allan Jeayes as Dr. Cartier
- John Ruddock as Pierre Sargon
- Uriel Porter as Joe
- Richard Tauber made a cameo appearance, singing Pedro the Fisherman and other numbers.
References
edit- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Lisbon Story (1946) - Paul Stein - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ The Lisbon Story, Guide to Musical Theatre
- ^ "Lisbon Story". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
External links
edit- Lisbon Story at IMDb
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