Snowbound (1948 film)

Snowbound
Directed by	David MacDonald
Written by	Keith Campbell David Evans Hammond Innes (novel)
Produced by	Aubrey Baring
Starring	Dennis Price Stanley Holloway Mila Parély
Cinematography	Stephen Dade Reg Johnson
Edited by	James Needs
Music by	Cedric Thorpe Davie
Production company	Gainsborough Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	3 May 1948
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Snowbound is a 1948 British thriller film directed by David MacDonald and starring Dennis Price, Stanley Holloway, Mila Parély, and Herbert Lom. A group of people search for treasure hidden by the Nazis in the Alps following the Second World War. It was based on the novel The Lonely Skier by Hammond Innes. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter.

Cast

• Dennis Price as Neil Blair
• Mila Parély as Carla Rometta, alias Comtessa Forelli
• Stanley Holloway as Joe Wesson
• Marcel Dalio as Stefano Valdini
• Guy Middleton as Gilbert Mayne
• Herbert Lom as Von Kellerman, alias Keramikos
• Robert Newton as Derek Engles
• Willy Fueter as Aldo, innkeeper
• Catherina Ferraz as Emilia, innkeeper
• Richard Molinas as Mancini, rental agent
• Rositer Shepherd as Italian Lawyer Buying Inn
• Zena Marshall as Italian Girl Flirting with Joe
• William Price as Capt. Heinrich Stelben
• Lionel Grose as Cpl. Holtz
• Gilbert Davis as Commissionaire

Reception

By July 1953 the film earned a net revenue of £120,000.

External links

• Snowbound at IMDb
• Review of film at Variety