Meet Maxwell Archer
1940 British film
- 17 February 1940 (1940-02-17) (UK)
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Meet Maxwell Archer is a 1940 British mystery film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring John Loder, Leueen MacGrath and Athole Stewart.[1] The screenplay concerns a private detective who attempts to clear a man wrongly accused of murder. The film was based on the 1938 novel by Hugh Clevely.[2] It was released in the U.S. in 1942 as Maxwell Archer, Detective.[3]
Plot summary
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
Cast
- John Loder as Maxwell Archer
- Leueen MacGrath as Sarah
- Athole Stewart as Superintendent Gordon
- Marta Labarr as Nina
- George Merritt as Inspector Cornell
- Ronald Adam as Nicolides
- Peter Hobbes as George Gull Jr.
- Ralph Roberts as George Gull Sr.
- Syd Crossley as Perkins
- Barbara Everest as Miss Duke
Critical reception
The film was coldly received. TV Guide wrote, "Oh where is Sherlock Holmes when you need him? Poorly made with a dopey script that gives the actors little room to breathe, let alone act."[4]
References
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | MEET MAXWELL ARCHER (1939)". Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective (1939) - John Paddy Carstairs - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ^ "Maxwell Archer, Detective".
External links
- Meet Maxwell Archer at IMDb
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Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs
- Paris Plane (1933)
- Double Exposures (1937)
- Night Ride (1937)
- Missing, Believed Married (1937)
- Holiday's End (1937)
- Incident in Shanghai (1938)
- Lassie from Lancashire (1938)
- The Saint in London (1939)
- Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
- The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
- Spare a Copper (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- Dancing with Crime (1947)
- Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
- Fools Rush In (1949)
- The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
- Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
- Talk of a Million (1951)
- Treasure Hunt (1952)
- Made in Heaven (1952)
- Top of the Form (1953)
- Trouble in Store (1953)
- Up to His Neck (1954)
- One Good Turn (1955)
- Man of the Moment (1955)
- Jumping for Joy (1956)
- Up in the World (1956)
- The Big Money (1956)
- Just My Luck (1957)
- The Square Peg (1959)
- Tommy the Toreador (1959)
- Sands of the Desert (1960)
- A Weekend with Lulu (1961)
- The Devil's Agent (1962)
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