The Missing Million

The Missing Million
The Missing Million
Directed by	Philip Brandon
Written by	James Seymour
Based on	The Missing Million ; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Hugh Perceval
Starring	Linden Travers ; John Warwick ; Patricia Hilliard ; John Stuart
Cinematography	Stephen Dade
Edited by	Walter Jentzsch
Music by	Percival Mackey
Production; company	Signet Films
Distributed by	Associated British Film Distributors
Release date	March 1942;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Missing Million is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard.^[1] It is adapted from the 1923 novel The Missing Million by Edgar Wallace. A millionaire is persecuted by a criminal gang.

Plot

When millionaire-about-town Rex Walton (Ivan Brandt) mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton (Linden Travers) assists Inspector Dicker (John Stuart) in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal The Panda ("The Prince of Blackmailers").

Production

The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.

Cast

Linden Travers – Joan Walton
John Warwick – Bennett
Patricia Hilliard – Dora Coleman
John Stuart – Inspector Dicker
Ivan Brandt – Rex Walton
Brefni O'Rorke – Michael Coleman
Charles Victor – Nobby Knowles
Marie Ault – Mrs Tweedle
Valentine Dyall as Collett
James Donald as Police Officer

Critical reception

TV Guide called it a "routine second feature";^[2] while Noirish wrote, "This is a very, very workaday comedy thriller, with most of the action being played as light entertainment and one character—the tiresomely misogynistic safecracker Nobby Knowles (Victor)—being played strictly for laughs".^[3]