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A Scotland Yard inspector investigates a series of mysterious deaths in the operating theatre of a Second World War emergency hospital - and formulates a cunning plan to reveal the identity of the ruthless killer. British comedy thriller, starring Alastair Sim, Sally Gray, Trevor Howard, Leo Genn and Rosamund John
1946
subtitles
Comedy
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Alastair Sim
(Actor)
.. Inspector Cockrill
Sally Gray
(Actor)
.. Nurse Frederica `Freddie" Linley
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. Dr Barney Barnes
Leo Genn
(Actor)
.. Mr Eden
Rosamund John
(Actor)
.. Nurse Esther Sanson
Judy Campbell
(Actor)
.. Sister Marion Bates
Megs Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Nurse Woods
Henry Edwards
(Actor)
.. Mr Purdy
Ronald Adam
(Actor)
.. Dr White
Sidney Gilliat
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Alastair Sim
(Actor)
.. Inspector Cockrill
Sally Gray
(Actor)
.. Nurse Frederica `Freddie" Linley
Trevor Howard
(Actor)
.. Dr Barney Barnes
Born:
September 29, 1913
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Brief Encounter.
Early-life:
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith was born in Kent on September 29, 1913. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He played a number of roles on the West End stage before being called up into the Army Signal Corps in 1940. He was discharged from service in 1943 for mental instability.
Career:
Howard had small roles in the films The Way Ahead (1944) and The Way to the Stars (1945) before his big break in 1945, playing the stoic Dr Alec Harvey in David Lean's Brief Encounter. He went on to have an acclaimed film career, starring in The Third Man (1949), Outcast of the Islands (1951), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955), The Key (1958), Sons and Lovers (1960), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) and Rawlinson End (1980). He died on January 7, 1988 at the age of 74.
Quote:
'We don't have the Method School of acting in England. We simply read the script, let it seep in, then go put on whiskers - and do it.'
Trivia:
He was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Received an Academy Award nomination for Sons and Lovers. He won a Primetime Emmy for The Invincible Mr Disraeli.
Leo Genn
(Actor)
.. Mr Eden
Rosamund John
(Actor)
.. Nurse Esther Sanson
Judy Campbell
(Actor)
.. Sister Marion Bates
Megs Jenkins
(Actor)
.. Nurse Woods
Henry Edwards
(Actor)
.. Mr Purdy
Ronald Adam
(Actor)
.. Dr White
Sidney Gilliat
(Director)
