Face the Music
American Theatrical release poster
Directed byTerence Fisher
Screenplay byErnest Borneman
Based onFace the Music by Ernest Borneman
Produced byMichael Carreras
StarringAlex Nicol
Eleanor Summerfield
Paul Carpenter
CinematographyWalter J. Harvey
Edited byMaurice Rootes
Music byIvor Slaney
Kenny Baker
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films
Lippert Pictures (US)
Release dates
  • 29 January 1954 (1954-01-29) (US)
  • 22 February 1954 (1954-02-22) (UK)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Face the Music is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield and Paul Carpenter.[1] It was produced by Hammer Films and shot at Bray Studios outside London with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures under the title The Black Glove.

Synopsis

An American trumpet player in Britain is accused of murdering a beautiful blues singer.[2]

Cast

Critical reception

Allmovie dismissed it as "Not one of Fisher's more rousing films";[2] and the Radio Times called it an "adequate mystery."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Face the Music (1953)". Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Black Glove (1954) – Terence Fisher – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related – AllMovie".
  3. ^ "Face the Music – Film from RadioTimes".

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