Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)

Marriage of Convenience
Marriage of Convenience
Directed by	Clive Donner
Written by	Robert Banks Stewart
Based on	The Three Oak Mystery ; by Edgar Wallace
Produced by	Jack Greenwood; Jim O'Connolly;
Starring	John Cairney; Harry H. Corbett; John Van Eyssen;
Cinematography	Brian Rhodes
Edited by	Bernard Gribble
Music by	Francis Chagrin
Production; company	Merton Park Studios
Distributed by	Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date	November 1960;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Marriage of Convenience is a 1960 British crime film directed by Clive Donner and starring Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney and John Van Eyssen.^[1] The screenplay was by Robert Banks Stewart, based on the 1924 Edgar Wallace novel The Three Oak Mystery.^[2] It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.

Plot

A convict escapes from jail, only to discover that his girlfriend has married the police officer who arrested him.

Cast

Harry H. Corbett as Inspector Bruce
John Cairney as Larry
John Van Eyssen as John Mandle
Jennifer Daniel as Barbara Blair
Moira Redmond as Tina
Russell Waters as Sam Spencer
Trevor Reid as Superintendent Carver
Howard Goorney as onion seller
Alexander Archdale as governor
Geoffrey Denton as uniformed inspector
Patrick Ludlow as registrar
Barry MacLean as 1st warder
Basil Beale as 2nd warder
Alex Scott as Vic Ellis
Patricia Burke as woman in the apartment
Pauline Shepherd as Evie Martin
Leila Williams as secretary
Duncan Burns as garage apprentice
Trevor Maskell as Sergeant Collins

Release

Marriage of Convenience was the first of the Edgar Wallace series to be allocated to the Rank circuit for general release. It went out as support for Man in the Moon (1960) from January 15, 1961.

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Altogether a disappointing addition to Merton Park's new Edgar Wallace series, in that Clive Donner's surprisingly stiff, journeyman style of direction provides nothing to compensate for the generally amateurish level of performance and writing."^[3]

References

^ "Marriage of Convenience". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 488.
^ "Marriage of Convenience". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 10. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.

External links

Marriage of Convenience at IMDb
Marriage of Convenience then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets

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[BFIsearch-1] "Marriage of Convenience". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 14 January 2024.

[2] Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 488.

[3] "Marriage of Convenience". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 28 (324): 10. 1 January 1961 – via ProQuest.

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