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The Detective

Year:

1954

Duration:

91 min

Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Robert Hamer

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1954-11-01

Filming Locations: Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Ernest Thesiger

Alec Guinness

Father Brown

Joan Greenwood

Lady Warren

Peter Finch

Gustave Flambeau

Cecil Parker

The Bishop

Bernard Lee

Inspector Valentine

Sidney James

Bert Parkinson

Gérard Oury

Inspector Dubois

Ernest Clark

Bishop's Secretary

Aubrey Woods

Charlie

John Salew

Station Sergeant

Sam Kydd

Scotland Yard Sergeant

John Horsley

Inspector Wilkins

Jack McNaughton

Railway Guard

Hugh Dempster

Train Passenger in Bowler

Eugene Deckers

French Cavalry Officer

Betty Bascomb

French Widow (as Betty Baskcomb)

Diana Van Proosdy

Waitress

Dino Galvani

Italian Professor

Launce Maraschal

Texan Millionaire

Noel Howlett

Auctioneer

Marne Maitland

Maharajah

Austin Trevor

Herald

Hugo Schuster

Optician

Guido Lorraine

Cafe Patron

Jim Gérald

French Stationmaster

Daniel Clérice

Garagiste

Everley Gregg

Governess

Fanny Carby

French Prostitute in Police Van (uncredited)

Jess Hahn

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Bill Shine

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Alec Guinness was spotted in costume when walking home through the French countryside. A young boy ran up to him, yelling "Mon père! Mon père!" ("My father! My father!") Guinness did not speak French, so he could not correct the young boy's mistake, but was touched that the young boy apparently immediately bonded to him on the assumption that he was a priest. Soon after the film was released, Guinness converted to Catholicism.

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Goofs

In the stained-glass window behind the (catholic) bishop, there is a portrait of Henry VIII (second from left). Given that Henry was the first king to oppose the pope and separate the Church of England from the catholic church, his face would never be tolerated in this place.

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Quotes

Father Brown: It seems Mr Dobson, like the poor, is always with us.

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Flambeau: The police have an unfortunate habit of interrupting our conversations just when they begin to be interesting. I must beg your leave to leave you.

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Father Brown: I've never been in a cell before. Except a monastery cell, of course.

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