| Father Brown | |
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| Directed by | Robert Hamer |
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| Based on | The Blue Cross by G. K. Chesterton |
| Produced by | Paul Finder Moss Vivian Cox |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Harry Waxman |
| Edited by | Gordon Hales |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
Production company | Facet Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £122,018[1] |
Father Brown is a 1954 British mystery comedy film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness as the title character with Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch and Cecil Parker. Like the American film Father Brown, Detective (1934), it is based loosely on The Blue Cross (1910), the first Father Brown short story by G. K. Chesterton. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Hawkesworth. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures in both Britain and the United States where it was released as The Detective.[2] It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival.
- ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 358
- ^ The Detective (1954), retrieved 18 May 2020