Flesh and Blood (1951 film)
Appearance
Flesh and Blood | |
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Directed by | Anthony Kimmins |
Written by | Anatole de Grunwald |
Based on | play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie |
Produced by | Anatole de Grunwald |
Starring | Richard Todd Glynis Johns Joan Greenwood |
Cinematography | Otto Heller |
Edited by | Gerald Turney-Smith |
Music by | Charles Williams |
Production company | |
Distributed by | British Lion Films (U.K.) |
Release date | 16 April 1951 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Box office | £119,973 (UK)[1] |
Flesh and Blood is a 1951 British drama film with Richard Todd in a dual role.[2][3] Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
It was shot at Teddington Studios.
Cast
- Charles Cameron/Ch. Cameron Sutherland - Richard Todd
- Katherine - Glynis Johns
- Wilhelmina - Joan Greenwood
- Dr Marshall - André Morell
- Harriet - Ursula Howells
- Mrs Hannah - Freda Jackson
- John Hannah - George Cole
- Sir Douglas Manley - James Hayter
- Purley - Ronald Howard
- Mrs Walker - Muriel Aked
- Webster - Michael Hordern
- Minnie Arnott - Helen Christie
- Dr Cooper - Walter Fitzgerald
- Sister Maria - Lilly Kann
- Sutherland - Patrick Macnee
- Donovan - Fred Johnson
- Margaret - Molly Weir
- Cranley - Hugh Dempster
- Coutts - Alexander Gauge
- Moira - Betty Paul
- Jordan - Peter Macdonell
- Major - Hector MacGregor
- Leighton - John Vere
- Forzin - Enzo Coticchia
- Sergeant - Archie Duncan
- Ambassador - Francis De Wolff
- Club Porter - Kenneth Downey
- Mario - Sergio Mari
- McDermott - David Cameron
- McGregor - Bill Logan
- Nurse - Anna Canitano
- Wilkinson - John Kelly
- Girl in Night Club - Joan Heal
- Wilhelmina as a Child - Nina Parry
- John Hannah as a Child - Billy Newsbury
- The Doll - Sally Owen
- The Dancer - William Chappell
- Baker - Jock Mckay
References
- ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p495
- ^ "Flesh and Blood (1951) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ "Flesh & Blood (1951)".
External links
Categories:
- British films
- English-language films
- Films with screenplays by Anatole de Grunwald
- Films produced by Anatole de Grunwald
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films set in Glasgow
- 1950s historical drama films
- British historical drama films
- Films shot at Teddington Studios
- London Films films
- Films directed by Anthony Kimmins
- 1950s British film stubs