The Body Said No!
The Body Said No! is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, and Hy Hazell.[1]
| The Body Said No! | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Val Guest |
| Produced by | Daniel Angel |
| Written by | Val Guest |
| Starring | Michael Rennie Yolande Donlan |
| Music by | Ronald Hanmer |
| Cinematography | Bert Mason |
| Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
Production company | Angel Productions |
| Distributed by | Eros Films (UK) |
Release date | April 1950 (UK) |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
In a British TV studio, Michael Rennie (as himself) is performing live in a dramatic broadcast. On a neighbouring set, cabaret singer Mikki Brent thinks she sees a coded plot being discussed to murder Rennie. Her friends are sceptical, but she warns Rennie, and various adventures and investigations ensue.
Cast
- Michael Rennie - The Body
- Yolande Donlan - Mikki Brent
- Hy Hazell - Sue
- Jon Pertwee - Watchman
- Valentine Dyall - John Sutherland
- Reginald Beckwith - Benton
- Arthur Hill - Robin King
- Cyril Smith - Sergeant
- Jack Billings - Eddie
- Peter Butterworth - Driver
- Maggie Rennie - Mrs Rennie
- Joyce Heron - Journalist
- Winifred Shotter - TV Announcer
- Eddie Vitch - Diner
- Ivan Craig - Derek
- Barry O'Neill - Constable
- Jack Faint - Anton
Critical reception
TV Guide wrote, "an early inside glimpse of the television world, but a paranoid no-brainer."[2]
gollark: Yes.
gollark: This is also a great reason to learn maths, since old things like calculus, logarithms and (some?) trigonometry were not things for much of history, so you could wow the people of the past (if you time travel there) with such concepts (if you ever manage to explain it to them).
gollark: When I was doing music (it was required in year 7/8) it was rather heavy on theory and not so much on creative pursuits.
gollark: Besides, the other options were things like "drama" and "music" and "design and technology", and who wants to do those?↓ the person below is attempting to deceive us into believing that music is a subject people do; do not believe their lies
gollark: If I ever end up being transported back in time by several thousand years, I'll have a minor advantage if I can actually remember anything, happen to end up in the appropriate era for the particular dialects covered, and do not horribly butcher the pronunciation, see.
References
- "The Body Said No!". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
- "The Body Said No!". TV Guide.
Bibliography
- Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference. Oxford University Press, 2007.
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