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Directed by | Walter Forde |
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Based on | The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
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Cinematography | Ronald Neame |
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Music by | Ernest Irving |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Four Just Men, also known as The Secret Four, is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Edward Chapman and Frank Lawton.[1] It is based on the 1905 novel The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace. There was a previous silent film version in 1921.[2] This version was produced by Ealing Studios,[3] with sets designed by Wilfred Shingleton.
The Four Just Men was re-released in 1944 with an updated ending featuring newsreel of Winston Churchill and the Allied war effort as a fulfilment of the ideals of the Four. The adviser on the House of Commons of the United Kingdom scenes was Aneurin Bevan.[4]