The Embezzler (1954 film)

The Embezzler
UK theatrical poster
Directed by	John Gilling
Produced by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Screenplay by	John Gilling
Starring	Charles Victor Zena Marshall
Music by	John Lanchbery
Cinematography	Jonah Jones
Edited by	Jack Slade
Production company	Kenilworth Film Productions
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	July 1954
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Embezzler is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Charles Victor, Zena Marshall and Cyril Chamberlain.^[1] Its plot concerns a bank cashier who steals from the bank where he is employed.

Plot

A quiet, respectable bank cashier learns he has only a few years left to live, and decides to embezzle money from the bank where he works, and enjoy the rest of his days in South America. But on being caught, the embezzler flees the scene assisted by a Mrs Forrest who has problems of her own as she is being blackmailed by a former lover. When the bank clerk saves her, he gets himself killed. ^[2]^[3]

Cast

Charles Victor as Henry Paulson
Zena Marshall as Mrs Forrest
Cyril Chamberlain as Alec Johnson
Leslie Weston as Piggott
Avice Landone as Miss Ackroyd
Peggy Mount as Mrs Larkin
Michael Craig as Doctor Forrest
Frank Forsyth as Inspector Gale
Christopher Banks as Vicar (uncredited)
Dennis Chinnery as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Ian Fleming as Doctor (uncredited)
Alastair Hunter as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Patrick Jordan as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Sam Kydd as Railway Inspector (uncredited)
Phyllis Morris as Mrs. Paulson (uncredited)
Ronnie Stevens as Travel Agent (uncredited)
Martin Wyldeck as 2nd Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Critical reception

Sky Movies called the film a "fascinating British co-feature which supplied the elderly but excellent Charles Victor (also a perfect Inspector Teal in The Saint's Return) with his only leading role, as an embezzler." ^[4]

References

↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The EMBEZZLER (1954)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
↑ Marshall. "The Embezzler (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
↑ "The Embezzler | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. Retrieved 2014-04-13.
↑ "The Embezzler - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 2003-05-20. Retrieved 2014-04-13.

External links

The Embezzler at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

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