An Inspector Calls (1954)
Directed by Guy Hamilton
Genres - Mystery, Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Mar 16, 1954 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 79 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The comfortable complacency of the British Birling family is upset when Inspector Poole (Alastair Sim) comes calling. An impoverished young working girl named Eva Smith (Jane Wenham) has committed suicide, and Poole hopes that the Birlings will help him find out why. As the evening progresses, a series of flashbacks reveal that each member of the Birling family has in some small way been responsible for Eva's demise. A twist ending adds a mystical, thought-provoking touch to the proceedings. Bryan Forbes, who plays the Birling son, matriculated into the noted director of such films as The L-Shaped Room, King Rat and The Whisperers. An Inspector Calls was based on a play by J.B. Priestley, which recently scored a huge hit when it was revived in London and New York.
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investigation, activism, apartment, Britain, brother, charity, criminal, daughter, death, detective, employment, factory, factory-worker, family, fate, father, flashback, girl, help, home, incest, inspection, investigator, mother, poison, police, private-detective, problems, questioning [police interrogation], responsibility, shop, sister, suicide, suicide-attempt, worker
