Three Silent Men
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written byJack Byrd
Dudley Leslie
Based onthe novel Three Silent Men by E.P. Thorne[1]
Produced byF.W. Baker
StarringSebastian Shaw
Derrick De Marney
Patricia Roc
Arthur Hambling
CinematographyGeoffrey Faithfull
Edited byCecil H. Williamson
Production
company
Distributed byButcher's Film Service
Release date
7 September 1940
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Three Silent Men is a 1940 British crime film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney, Patricia Roc and Arthur Hambling.[2] The screenplay concerns a pacifist surgeon who must operate to save the life of the inventor of a deadly weapon of war. When the inventor dies the surgeon becomes prime suspect.[3]

Plot

Pacifist surgeon Sir James Quentin (Sebastian Shaw) operates on Zaroff (Meinhart Maur), the inventor of a lethal weapon to be used against the Allies in the war. When Zaroff is discovered dead from an excess of ether, Quentin is immediately suspected. To clear her father's name, Quentin's daughter Pat (Patricia Roc) and her boyfriend Captain Mellish (Derrick De Marney) search for the murderer.

Cast

Critical reception

TV Guide gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "Badly written, though the suspense makes it entertaining."[4]

References

  1. ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Three Silent Men (1940)". Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Three Silent Men (1940) - Daniel Birt - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  4. ^ "Three Silent Men".

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