The Lady Craved Excitement
1950 British film
- August 1950 (1950-08) (UK)
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The Lady Craved Excitement is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Francis Searle and written by John Gilling.[1] It featured Hy Hazell, Michael Medwin and Sid James.[2] An early Hammer film, it is significant as one of five films shot at Oakley Court and the first to feature its famous exterior, located next door to Bray Studios.[3]
Plot
Cabaret artists Pat and Johnny's careers are hampered by Pat's craving for excitement. She leads them into a number of dangerous situations, but also help to uncover a conspiracy to smuggle valuable works of art out of the country.[4]
Cast
- Hy Hazell as Pat
- Michael Medwin as Johnny
- Sidney James as Carlo
- Thelma Grigg as Julia Lafaine
- Andrew Keir as Septimus K. Peterson
- Danny Green as Boris
- John Longden as Inspector James
- Ian Wilson as Mugsy
- Barbara Hamilton as 1st Chorus Girl
- Jasmine Dee as 2nd Chorus Girl
- Gordon Mulholland as Lunatic
Critical reception
Britmovie wrote, "barely watchable by today’s standards (and probably not much more tolerable at the time), it nevertheless remains of passing interest for its cast, which includes Michael Medwin, Sid James and Andrew Keir, all of them then in the early stages of what would prove to be lengthy and successful careers."[5]
References
- ^ "The Lady Craved Excitement". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)". Radio Times.
- ^ "The Lady Craved Excitement". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ Sandra Brennan (2014). "The-Lady-Craved-Excitement - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014.
- ^ "The Lady Craved Excitement".
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Films directed by Francis Searle
- A Girl in a Million (1946)
- Things Happen at Night (1947)
- Celia (1949)
- The Man in Black (1949)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- Someone at the Door (1950)
- A Case for PC 49 (1951)
- Cloudburst (1951)
- The Rossiter Case (1951)
- Love's a Luxury (1952)
- Never Look Back (1952)
- Whispering Smith Hits London (1952)
- Murder at 3am (1953)
- Wheel of Fate (1953)
- Profile (1954)
- One Way Out (1955)
- The Gelignite Gang (1956)
- Undercover Girl (1958)
- Murder at Site 3 (1959)
- Trouble with Eve (1960)
- Ticket to Paradise (1961)
- Freedom to Die (1961)
- Emergency (1962)
- Dead Man's Evidence (1962)
- Gaolbreak (1962)
- Night of the Prowler (1962)
- The Marked One (1963)
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