The Embezzler (1954 film)
| The Embezzler | |
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Screenplay by | John Gilling |
| Produced by | Robert S. Baker Monty Berman |
| Starring | Charles Victor Zena Marshall |
| Cinematography | Jonah Jones |
| Edited by | Jack Slade |
| Music by | John Lanchbery |
Production company | Kenilworth Film Productions |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | July 1954 |
Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Embezzler is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Gilling, and starring Charles Victor, Zena Marshall and Cyril Chamberlain.[1] Its plot concerns a bank cashier who steals from the bank where he is employed.
Plot
A quiet, respectable, henpecked bank cashier learns that he has only a few years left to live. He decides to embezzle money from the bank where he works and enjoy the rest of his days in South America. Discovered in the act, the embezzler flees to an English seaside hotel. There he joins a group of residents including Mrs Forrest, who has problems of her own as she is being blackmailed by a former lover. The embezzler intercedes for her, but at a high cost.[2][3]
Cast
- Charles Victor as Henry Paulson
- Zena Marshall as Mrs Forrest
- Cyril Chamberlain as Alec Johnson
- Leslie Weston as Piggott
- Avice Landone as Miss Ackroyd
- Peggy Mount as Mrs Larkin
- Michael Craig as Doctor Forrest
- Frank Forsyth as Inspector Gale
- Christopher Banks as Vicar (uncredited)
- Dennis Chinnery as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
- Ian Fleming as Doctor (uncredited)
- Alastair Hunter as Bank Manager (uncredited)
- Patrick Jordan as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- Carole Lesley as Tea Shop Waitress (uncredited)
- Sam Kydd as Railway Inspector (uncredited)
- Phyllis Morris as Mrs. Paulson (uncredited)
- Ronnie Stevens as Travel Agent (uncredited)
- Martin Wyldeck as 2nd Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Critical reception
Sky Movies calls the film a "fascinating British co-feature which supplied the elderly but excellent Charles Victor (also a perfect Inspector Teal in The Saint's Return) with his only leading role, as an embezzler". [4]
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | The EMBEZZLER (1954)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Marshall. "The Embezzler (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "The Embezzler | Film review and movie reviews". Radio Times. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "The Embezzler - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 20 May 2003. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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