Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)

Marriage of Convenience
Directed byClive Donner
Written byRobert Banks Stewart
Based onThe Three Oak Mystery
by Edgar Wallace
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBrian Rhodes
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byFrancis Chagrin
Production
company
Merton Park Studios
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • November 1960 (1960-11)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

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

Cast

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Release

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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

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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

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  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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