The Durant Affair
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| Directed by | Godfrey Grayson |
| Story by | Eldon Howard |
| Produced by | Philip Elton |
| Starring | Jane Griffiths Conrad Phillips Nigel Green |
| Cinematography | Lionel Banes |
| Edited by | John Dunsford |
Release date |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Durant Affair is a 1962 British second feature 'B'[1] drama film directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Jane Griffiths, Conrad Phillips and Nigel Green.[2][3] It was written by Eldon Howard.
Plot
[edit]A will is contested in court after a fortune is granted to an unexpected heiress.
Cast
[edit]- Jane Griffiths as Mary Grant
- Conrad Phillips as Julian Armour
- Nigel Green as Sir Patrick
- Simon Lack as Roland Farley
- Francis de Wolff as Mario Costello
- Richard Caldicot as the Judge
- Michael Beint as Bill Lewis
- Tony Quinn as James O'Flaherty - Manservant
- Ann Lancaster
- Robert Raglan as Ned Dunston (uncredited)
- Katharine Pate as Ethel Durant (uncredited)
Reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Undramatic, repetitive courtroom melodrama with one or two sound performances but little else to recommend it."[4]
Kine Weekly wrote: "Windy and wordy courtroom melodrama … The play is nearly all talk and despite some sound portrayals, bores long before the end. It has no emotional tug or sharp dramatic impact. ... The picture, apart from a couple of restaurant and one hospital sequences, is confined to the court and the director makes its lack of scope even more conspicuous by constantly repeating legal procedure. ... The dialogue seldom scintillates, and the oath is taken so many time by witnesses that it almost becomes a joke."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ^ "The Durant Affair". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Durant Affair (1962) | BFI". ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ "The Durant Affair". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 29 (336): 80. 1 January 1962. ProQuest 1305820632.
- ^ "The Durant Affair". Kine Weekly. 540 (2849): 16. 10 May 1962. ProQuest 3127063890.