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Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North
"Mr Denning Drives North" (1952).jpg
UK theatrical poster
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Produced by Anthony Kimmins
Stephen Mitchell
Written by Alec Coppel
Based on novel by Alec Coppel
Starring John Mills
Phyllis Calvert
Herbert Lom
Eileen Moore
Music by Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography John Wilcox
Edited by Gerald Turney-Smith
Production
company
Distributed by British Lion Films
Release date
  • 18 December 1951 (1951-12-18)
Running time
93 minutes
Country England
Language English
Box office £70,197 (UK)
Mr Denning Drives North
Author Alec Coppel
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre thriller
Publisher Harrap
Publication date
1951

Mr. Denning Drives North is a 1951 British mystery film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring John Mills, Phyllis Calvert and Eileen Moore. The plot concerns an aircraft manufacturer (Mills) who accidentally kills the boyfriend (Herbert Lom) of his daughter (Moore) and tries to dispose of the body. Alec Coppel wrote the script, adapted from his own novel. It was made at Shepperton Studios.

The film was based on a 1951 novel by Coppel.

It was John Mills first film in almost two years.Sam Wanamaker had been living in England since 1949 and was offered the part after writing to his agent from holiday in France asking if any jobs were going.

Trader Faulkner had a small role as a gypsy.

The New York Times wrote, "this little melodrama serves as still another reminder, from a country that jolly well knows how to exercise it, that restraint can work minor wonders...Persuasive and tingling, minus one false note... No doubt about it. The British have what it takes."


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