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A Question of Fact (1955)

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Film details

Featuring

John Neville Hazel Penwarden Robert Perceval
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1955
Type

Television
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Television adaptation of the play by Wynyard Browne about young schoolmaster Paul Gardiner and his growing fears of inherited evil after discovering that his real father was hanged for murder. His worries begins to affect his marriage and he feels obliged to seek out his real mother, believing she is likely to be old and poor. However, when he does find her he is in for a surprise.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Paul Gardiner
    
    John Neville
  - Rachel Gardiner
    
    Hazel Penwarden
  - Private Detective
    
    Robert Perceval
  - Arthur Lamb
    
    Harold Scott
  - Mrs Trafford
    
    Joyce Carey
  - Headmaster
    
    Carleton Hobbs
  - Schoolboy
    
    Robert Scroggins
  - Mrs Smith
    
    Edith Evans
  - Parlour maid
    
    Margery Caldicott
  - Draper's Assistant
    
    Amy Dalby
  - Messenger
    
    Alban Blakelock
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Quentin Lawrence
  - Producer
    
    Quentin Lawrence
  - Producer
    
    Frith Banbury
  - Adaptation
    
    Rodney Ackland
  - Author of the Original Work
    
    Wynyard Browne

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