1946 British film
| Lisbon Story | |
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| Directed by | Paul L. Stein |
| Screenplay by | Jack Whittingham |
| Based on | play with music The Lisbon Story by Harry Parr Davies and Harold Purcell |
| Produced by | Louis H. Jackson |
| Cinematography | Gerald Moss |
| Edited by | Douglas Myers |
| Music by | Hans May |
| Production company | British National Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Lisbon Story is a 1946 British musical thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Patricia Burke, David Farrar, Walter Rilla and Austin Trevor. It was based on the musical The Lisbon Story by Harold Purcell and Harry Parr Davies that ran at The Hippodrome in 1943. The screenplay concerns a cabaret singer and a British intelligence officer who travel to Berlin to rescue an atomic scientist being held there.
Cast
- Patricia Burke as Gabrielle Girard
- David Farrar as David Warren
- Walter Rilla as Karl von Schriner
- Lawrence O'Madden as Michael O'Rourke
- Austin Trevor as Major Lutzen
- Paul Bonifas as Stephan Corelle
- Ralph Truman as Police Commissionaire
- Joan Seton as Lisette
- Harry Welchman as George Duncan
- Martin Walker as Journalist
- Noele Gordon as Panache
- Esme Percy as Mariot
- Allan Jeayes as Dr. Cartier
- John Ruddock as Pierre Sargon
- Uriel Porter as Joe
- Richard Tauber made a cameo appearance, singing Pedro the Fisherman and other numbers.
References
- Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- "The Lisbon Story (1946) - Paul Stein - Cast and Crew - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- The Lisbon Story, Guide to Musical Theatre
- "Lisbon Story". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
External links
- Lisbon Story at IMDb
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- 1946 films
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- British spy films
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