At the Villa Rose (1940 film)

At the Villa Rose
Directed byWalter Summers
Written byDoreen Montgomery
Based onAt the Villa Rose by A.E.W. Mason
StarringKenneth Kent
Judy Kelly
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byLionel Tomlinson
Production
company
Distributed byABFD (UK)
Release date
  • 2 March 1940 (1940-03-02) (UK)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£23,549[1]

At the Villa Rose, also known as House of Mystery, is a 1940 British detective film directed by Walter Summers and starring Kenneth Kent and Judy Kelly. Based on the popular At the Villa Rose (novel) by A.E.W. Mason, it featured French detective Inspector Hanaud and was its fourth film adaptation.

Cast

Reception

Allmovie called the film a "modest but intriguing British melodrama."[2]

References

  1. ^ Chapman, Llewella. "'The highest salary ever paid to a human being': Creating a Database of Film Costs from the Bank of England". Journal of British cinema and television, 2022-10. Vol. 19, no. 4. Edinburgh University Press. p. 470-494 at 480.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "House of Mystery (1941) - Walter Summers - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.


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