Death of an Angel

1952 British film by Charles Saunders

Patrick Barr
Jane Baxter
Jean Lodge

CinematographyWalter J. HarveyEdited byJohn FerrisMusic byFrank Spencer

Production
company

Hammer Films

Distributed byExclusive Films

Release date

January 1952 (1952-01)

Running time

64 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Death of an Angel is a 1952 British 'B'^[1] crime drama film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Patrick Barr, Jane Baxter and Jean Lodge.^[2] The screenplay was by Reginald Long based on the play This is Mary's Chair by Frank King.

It was filmed at Bray Studios.

Plot

When a doctor's wife is found murdered at their rural practice, suspicion falls on his partner at the surgery.

Cast

Patrick Barr as Robert Welling
Jane Baxter as Mary Welling
Julie Somers as Judy Welling
Raymond Young as Chris Boswell
Jean Lodge as Ann Marlow
Russell Waters as Walter Grannage
Russell Napier as Supt. Walshaw
Katie Johnson as Sarah Oddy
June Bardsley as nurse
David Stoll as plainclothesman
Duggie Ascot as taxi driver
Robert Brown as Jim Pollard
John Kelly as PC Janes
James Mills as Howard
Hal Osmond as railway porter
Frank Tickle as Sam Oddy

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although sometimes disjointed in development, and not too well acted, this murder story manages to sustain a certain suspense."^[3]

References

^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
^ "Death of an Angel". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
^ "Death of an Angel". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 19 (216): 34. 1 January 1952 – via ProQuest.

External links

Death of an Angel at IMDb
Death of an Angel then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets

Films by Charles Saunders

Feature films

Director	No Exit (1930) Everything Is Thunder (1936) Tawny Pipit (1944) (co-director, Bernard Miles) The Way to the Stars (1945, director of Second Unit) The White Unicorn (1947, location director) Fly Away Peter (1948) Trouble in the Air (1948) Your Witness (1950, assistant to director) Dark Interval (1950) Chelsea Story (1951) One Wild Oat (1951) Death of an Angel (1952) Blind Man's Bluff (1952) Come Back Peter (1952) Black Orchid (1953) Love in Pawn (1953) The Scarlet Web (1954) The Golden Link (1954) Meet Mr. Callaghan (1954) One Jump Ahead (1955) The Hornet's Nest (1955) A Time to Kill (1955) The Narrowing Circle (1956) Behind the Headlines (1956) Find the Lady (1956) Murder Reported (1957) There's Always a Thursday (1957) The Man Without a Body (1957) Date with Disaster (1957) Kill Her Gently (1957) The End of the Line (1957) Womaneater (1958) Nudist Paradise (1958) Naked Fury (1959) Strictly Confidential (1959) Operation Cupid (1959) The Gentle Trap (1960) Dangerous Afternoon (1961) Jungle Street (1961) Danger by My Side (1963)
Editor	Enter the Queen (1930) Bill's Legacy (1931) Immediate Possession (1931) Peace and Quiet (1931) We dine at Seven (1931) Detective Lloyd (1931) The Wrong Mr. Perkins (1931) The Guv'nor (1935) O.H.M.S. (1937) Take My Tip (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Sweet Devil (1938) The Ware Case (1938) The Four Just Men (1939) Young Man's Fancy (1939) Return to Yesterday (1940) Alibi (1942, supervising editor) The Gentle Sex (1943)
Cutter	Cottage to Let (1941) I Thank You (1941) Hi Gang! (1941) Back-Room Boy (1942) We Dive at Dawn (1943)
Script writer	Tawny Pipit (1944) Come Back Peter (1952)