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The Missing Million

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Plot
Production
Cast
Critical reception
References
External links

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| name = The Missing Million
| image = "The_Missing_Million"_(1942).jpg
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| director = Philip Brandon
| producer = Hugh Perceval
| writer = Edgar Wallace (novel)
James Seymour
| starring = Linden Travers
John Warwick
Patricia Hilliard
John Stuart
| music = Percival Mackey
| cinematography = Stephen Dade
| editing = Walter Jentzsch
| studio = Signet Films
| distributor = Associated British Film Distributors
| released = March 1942
| runtime = 84 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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The Missing Million is a 1942 British crime film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Linden Travers, John Warwick and Patricia Hilliard.^[1] It is adapted from a novel by Edgar Wallace. A millionaire is persecuted by a criminal gang.

Plot

When millionaire-about-town Rex Walton (Ivan Brandt) mysteriously vanishes on the eve of his wedding, a chain of strange, violent events is set in motion. Intrepid Joan Walton (Linden Travers) assists Inspector Dicker (John Stuart) in the search for her brother. The main suspect is notorious criminal The Panda ("The Prince of Blackmailers").

Production

The film was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by Andrew Mazzei.

Cast

Linden Travers - Joan Walton
John Warwick - Bennett
Patricia Hilliard - Dora Coleman
John Stuart - Inspector Dicker
Ivan Brandt - Rex Walton
Brefni O'Rorke - Michael Coleman
Charles Victor - Nobby Knowles
Marie Ault - Mrs Tweedle

Critical reception

TV Guide called it a "routine second feature";^[2] while Noirish wrote, "this is a very, very workaday comedy thriller, with most of the action being played as light entertainment and one character—the tiresomely misogynistic safecracker Nobby Knowles (Victor)—being played strictly for laughs".^[3]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42793|title=The Missing Million|work=BFI}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-missing-million-106386/review/|title=The Missing Million|work=TVGuide.com}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://noirencyclopedia.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/missing-million-the-1942/|title=Missing Million, The (1942)|work=Noirish}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0035069}}

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