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Father Brown is a 1954 British mystery comedy film directed by Robert Hamer and starring Alec Guinness as the title character with Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch and Cecil Parker. Like the American film Father Brown, Detective (1934), it is based loosely on The Blue Cross (1910), the first Father Brown short story by G. K. Chesterton .
The Detective: Directed by Robert Hamer. With Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker. Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Feb 6, 2022 · Production: Facet Prods (A Facet Prod.) Distributors: Columbia Pictures Corp. (1954 UK theatrical), Columbia Pictures (1954 USA theatrical re-titled), WEB: ''Goodoldmoovies''. PLOT: Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise.
Reasonably settling on the early 1950s as a compromise between Chesterton’s time and our own, the BBC series finds Father Brown engaged in parish work in a sleepy Cotswolds village with a regular cast of quirky characters, giving the series a “Miss Marple” or “Midsomer Murders” vibe.
When amateur detective Father Brown (Alec Guinness) is put in charge of shipping an extremely valuable religious artifact -- a crucifix -- from London to Rome, a master thief and master of ...
The 1954 film Father Brown (released in the US as The Detective) featured Alec Guinness as Father Brown. Like the 1934 film starring Connolly, it was based on "The Blue Cross". An experience while playing the character reportedly prompted Guinness's own conversion to Roman Catholicism.
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. Robert Hamer. Director, Screenplay. Maurice Rapf.
