The Adventures of PC 49
1949 British film by Godfrey Grayson
- Vernon Harris (radio series)
- Alan Stranks
- Hugh Latimer
- John Penrose
- Annette D. Simmonds
Production
company
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Hammer Films
Release date
- 1949 (1949)
Running time
The Adventures of PC 49 is a 1949 British crime film directed by Godfrey Grayson, starring Hugh Latimer, John Penrose and Annette D. Simmonds.[1]
It is also known by the subtitle Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel. The film was based on a popular radio series. It was followed by a sequel, A Case for PC 49, in 1951.
There were six children's annuals full of stories of PC 49, as well as an annual reprinting of his strips in the Eagle comics.
Plot
Cast
- Hugh Latimer as P.C. Archibald Berkeley-Willoughby
- John Penrose as Barney
- Annette D. Simmonds as Carrots
- Pat Nye as Ma Benson
- Patricia Cutts as Joan Carr
- Michael Ripper as Fingers
- Martin Benson as Skinny Ellis
- Arthur Lovegrove as Bill
- Arthur Brander as Inspector Wilson
- Eric Phillips as Sergeant Wright
- Billy Thatcher as Ted Burton
- Jim O'Brady as Lorry Driver
References
- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.241
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- The Adventures of PC 49 at IMDb
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Films directed by Godfrey Grayson
- Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949)
- Doctor Morelle (1949)
- The Adventures of PC 49 (1949)
- Meet Simon Cherry (1949)
- What the Butler Saw (1950)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- Room to Let (1950)
- Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
- To Have and to Hold (1951)
- The Fake (1953)
- Black Ice (1957)
- Innocent Meeting (1958)
- Date at Midnight (1959)
- Woman's Temptation (1959)
- High Jump (1959)
- An Honourable Murder (1960)
- The Spider's Web (1960)
- Escort for Hire (1960)
- So Evil, So Young (1961)
- The Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
- The Battleaxe (1962)
- She Always Gets Their Man (1962)
- Design for Loving (1962)
- The Durant Affair (1962)
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