Directed by:
Robert HamerScreenplay:
Thelma SchneeCinematography:
Harry WaxmanComposer:
Georges AuricCast:
Alec Guinness, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee, Sidney James, Gérard Oury, Austin Trevor, Ernest Thesiger, Joan Greenwood, Marne Maitland, Jim Gérald (more)Plots(1)
Alec Guinness stars as Father Brown, full-time priest and part-time sleuth, in this comic mystery based on the character created by novelist G.K. Chesterton. When Father Brown is entrusted with transporting a valuable religious artifact from London to Rome, he's understandably upset when it's stolen from him. Brown has reason to believe that a notorious international thief lifted the cross he was carrying, and the good Father finds himself on a dual-purpose mission: to recover the stolen goods and to compel the thief to repent before God. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alec Guinness
UK
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Peter Finch
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
A Town Like Alice (1956)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
Bernard Lee
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Detective (1954)
Sidney James
South Africa
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Big Time Operators (1957)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Gérard Oury
France
Best movies:
Back to the Wall (1958)
The Detective (1954)
La Nuit est mon royaume (1951)
Austin Trevor
Ireland
Best movies:
The Red Shoes (1948)
The Detective (1954)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Ernest Thesiger
UK
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Man with a Million (1954)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Joan Greenwood
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Detective (1954)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Marne Maitland
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Jim Gérald
France
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Daniel Clérice
France
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)