The Hundred Pound Window
The Hundred Pound Window | |
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Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
Written by | Brock Williams Rodney Ackland (additional dialogue) |
Story by | Mark Hellinger |
Based on | a screenplay by Abem Finkel |
Starring | Anne Crawford David Farrar Frederick Leister |
Cinematography | Otto Heller |
Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | £64,464[1] |
Box office | £54,748[1] |
The Hundred Pound Window is a 1944 British comedy crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Frederick Leister and Richard Attenborough.[2] An accountant has to take a second job working at a racetrack, where he soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
It was shot at Teddington Studios, the home of Warner Brothers's British subsidiary.
Cast
[edit]- Anne Crawford as Joan Draper
- David Farrar as George Graham
- Frederick Leister as Ernest Draper
- Mary Clare as Millie Draper
- Richard Attenborough as Tommy Draper
- Niall MacGinnis as Chick Slater
- David Hutcheson as Steve Halligan
- Claud Allister as Hon. Freddie
- Claude Bailey as John D. Humphries
- Hazel Bray as Cabaret Singer
- Peter Gawthorne as Van Rayden
- Anthony Hawtrey as Evans
- David Horne as Baldwin
- Francis Lister as Capt. Johnson
- Ruby Miller as Mrs. Remington
- Brefni O'Rorke as Kennedy
- John Salew as Walker
- John Slater as O'Neil
- C. Denier Warren as Blodgett
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Castell, David. Richard Attenborough: A Pictorial Film Biography. Bodley Head, 1984.
External links
[edit]- The Hundred Pound Window at IMDb
- British Film Institute entry (not the BFI source above)