Latin Quarter (film)

Latin Quarter
Danish theatrical poster
Directed by	Vernon Sewell
Produced by	Louis H. Jackson
Written by	Vernon Sewell
Based on	play L'Angoisse by Pierre Mills C. Vylars
Starring	Derrick De Marney Joan Greenwood Beresford Egan
Music by	Allan Gray
Cinematography	Günther Krampf
Edited by	Lito Carruthers
Production company	British National Films
Distributed by	Anglo-American Films
Release dates	16 October 1945
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Latin Quarter is a 1945 British thriller, which was directed by Vernon Sewell and stars Derrick De Marney, Joan Greenwood and Beresford Egan. The film is an adaptation of the play L'Angoisse by Pierre Mills and C. Vylars. It was Sewell's second film version of the story, following The Medium in 1934.^[1] It was made by British National Films at their studios in Elstree.

Plot

In the Paris of 1893, sculptor Charles Garrie (De Marney) enters into an illicit relationship with the married Christine Minetti (Greenwood). Christine's husband Anton (Egan) is also a sculptor, and mentally unstable. Anton finds out about Christine's affair and soon after she vanishes without trace. Although the police consider Anton the prime suspect in being involved in his wife's disappearance, they can find no incriminating evidence, nor any lead as to her whereabouts, alive or dead.

Anton's mental deterioration gathers pace, and in due course he is arrested for the murder of his mistress and in this case there is no doubt of his guilt. He still refuses however to give any indication of what happened to Christine. Charles remains desperate to discover Christine's fate, and relates the whole story to a criminologist (Frederick Valk). A psychic is called in and a séance is held in Anton's studio, revealing that Christine has always been much closer to home than anyone could have realised.

Cast

Derrick De Marney as Charles Garrie
Beresford Egan as Anton Minetti
Joan Greenwood as Christine Minetti
Frederick Valk as Dr. Ivan Krasner
Sybille Binder as Mme. Cordova
Joan Seton as Lucille Lindbeck
Lily Kann as Maria
Valentine Dyall as Prefect of Police
Gerhard Kempinski as Sergeant
Espinosa as Ballet Master
Margaret Clarke as Ballet Mistress
Bruce Winston as Jo-Jo
Anthony Hawtrey as Specialist
Martin Miller as Morgue keeper

References

↑ "LATIN QUARTER (1946)". BFI Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Retrieved 8 December 2013.

External links

Latin Quarter at the Internet Movie Database
Latin Quarter at AllMovie
Latin Quarter at BritMovie

Films directed by Vernon Sewell

Morgenrot (1933)
The Silver Fleet (1943)
The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
Latin Quarter (1945)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
Uneasy Terms (1948)
The Jack of Diamonds (1949)
The Dark Light (1951)
The Black Widow (1951)
The Floating Dutchman (1952)
Ghost Ship (1952)
Counterspy (1953)
Dangerous Voyage (1954)
Radio Cab Murder (1954)
Where There's a Will (1955)
Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
Soho Incident (1956)
Home and Away (1956)
Rogue's Yarn (1957)
Battle of the V-1 (1958)
Wrong Number (1959)
Urge to Kill (1960)
House of Mystery (1961)
The Wind of Change (1961)
The Man in the Back Seat (1961)
Strongroom (1962)
A Matter of Choice (1963)
Strictly for the Birds (1963)
Some May Live (1967)
The Blood Beast Terror (1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Burke & Hare (1972)

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