The Hundred Pound Window is a 1944 British comedy crime film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Anne Crawford, David Farrar, Frederick Leister and Richard Attenborough.[2] An accountant has to take a second job working at a racetrack, where he soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
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| Directed by | Brian Desmond Hurst |
| Written by | Brock Williams Rodney Ackland (additional dialogue) |
| Story by | Mark Hellinger |
| Based on | a screenplay by Abem Finkel |
| Starring | Anne Crawford David Farrar Frederick Leister |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Music by | Hans May |
Production company | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £64,464[1] |
| Box office | £54,748[1] |
It was shot at Teddington Studios, the home of Warner Brothers's British subsidiary.
Cast
edit- Anne Crawford as Joan Draper
- David Farrar as George Graham
- Frederick Leister as Ernest Draper
- Mary Clare as Millie Draper
- Richard Attenborough as Tommy Draper
- Niall MacGinnis as Chick Slater
- David Hutcheson as Steve Halligan
- Claud Allister as Hon. Freddie
- Claude Bailey as John D. Humphries
- Hazel Bray as Cabaret Singer
- Peter Gawthorne as Van Rayden
- Anthony Hawtrey as Evans
- David Horne as Baldwin
- Francis Lister as Capt. Johnson
- Ruby Miller as Mrs. Remington
- Brefni O'Rorke as Kennedy
- John Salew as Walker
- John Slater as O'Neil
- C. Denier Warren as Blodgett
See also
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Castell, David. Richard Attenborough: A Pictorial Film Biography. Bodley Head, 1984.
External links
edit- The Hundred Pound Window at IMDb
- British Film Institute entry (not the BFI source above)
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