Clue of the Silver Key

Clue of the Silver Key
Directed byGerard Glaister
Written byPhilip Mackie
Based onThe Clue of the Silver Key by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Jim O'Connolly
Starring
CinematographyBert Mason
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Clue of the Silver Key is a 1961 British second feature ('B')[1] crime film directed by Gerard Glaister and starring Bernard Lee, Lyndon Brook and Finlay Currie.[2] The screenplay was by Philip Mackie based on the 1930 Edgar Wallace novel of the same title.[3] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Cast

Production

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Smooth staging, a straightforward whodunit plot line, a touch of humour and a strong cast headed by Bernard Lee's painstaking police investigator make this one of the better Edgar Wallace thrillers."[4]

References

  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 237. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Clue of the Silver Key". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 246. ISBN 9783598114922.
  4. ^ "Clue of the Silver Key". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 141. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.


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