Reluctant Heroes

Reluctant Heroes
Australian daybill poster
Directed byJack Raymond
Written byColin Morris
Based onReluctant Heroes by Colin Morris
Produced byHenry Halstead
Starring
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byHelen Wiggins
Music byTony Lowry
Production
company
Byron Films
Distributed byAssociated British-Pathé
Release date
  • 11 February 1952 (1952-02-11)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Reluctant Heroes is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ronald Shiner, Derek Farr and Christine Norden. It is based on the popular farce of the same title by Colin Morris.[1][2] The play, which had its West End premiere at the Whitehall Theatre in September 1950, was the first of the Brian Rix company's Whitehall farces.[3] The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith in West London. Its sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold.

  1. ^ "Reluctant Heroes (1951) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Reluctant Heroes (1952)". BFI. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ^ Ray Cooney Obituary: John Chapman, The Guardian, 8 September 2001