Doctor Morelle

Doctor Morelle
Directed byGodfrey Grayson
Written byWilfred Burr (play)
Ambrose Grayson
Roy Plomley
Produced byAnthony Hinds
StarringValentine Dyall
Peter Drury
Hugh Griffith
Julia Lang
CinematographyCedric Williams
Edited byRay Pitt
Music byRupert Grayson
Frank Spencer
Production
company
Distributed byExclusive Films (UK)
Release date
  • 27 June 1949 (1949-06-27) (UK)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$56,000[1]

Doctor Morelle (also known as Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress and The Case of the Missing Heiress [2]) is a 1949 British second feature ('B')[3] mystery film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Valentine Dyall, Peter Drury and Hugh Griffith.[4][5] Made by Hammer Films, it was written by Ambrose Grayson and Roy Plomley, based on the popular long-running BBC radio series by Ernest Dudley and starring Cecil Parker.[6][7] Dudley also wrote many novels and short stories featuring the character of Morelle.[8]

  1. ^ Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p36
  2. ^ "Dr. Morelle - the Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) - Godfrey Grayson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
  3. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 75. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  4. ^ "Doctor Morelle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Doctor Morelle The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949)". Archived from the original on 30 May 2008.
  6. ^ "Dr Morelle and the Case of the Missing Heiress". Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Ernest Dudley". Independent.co.uk. 4 February 2006.
  8. ^ Bernstein, Marcelle (7 May 2006). "W Ernest Dudley". The Guardian.