Doctor Morelle
Encyclopedia
Doctor Morelle is a 1949 British mystery film
directed by Godfrey Grayson
and starring Valentine Dyall
, Peter Drury
and Hugh Griffith
. It was made by Hammer Films and based on a play by Wilfred Burr. It is also known by the alternative title
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress. Its plot concerns private detective Doctor Morelle, who is intrigued by a case of a wealthy young woman who has mysteriously vanished.
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
directed by Godfrey Grayson
Godfrey Grayson
-Selected filmography:* Dr. Morelle * What the Butler Saw * The Lady Craved Excitement * Innocent Meeting * The Fake * An Honourable Murder * The Spider's Web * The Durant Affair...
and starring Valentine Dyall
Valentine Dyall
Valentine Dyall was an English character actor, the son of veteran actor Franklin Dyall. Dyall was especially popular as a voice actor, due to his very distinctive sepulchral voice, he was known for many years as "The Man in Black", narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment With Fear.In...
, Peter Drury
Peter Drury
Peter Drury, born 1968, is ITV Sport's number two football commentator, a role he has held since joining the network in 1998.A politics graduate from Hull University, Peter began his career as a journalist with Hayters sports agency before joining BBC Radio Leeds in 1990 as a football and cricket...
and Hugh Griffith
Hugh Griffith
Hugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh film, stage and television actor.-Early life:Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, the son of Mary and William Griffith. He was educated at Llangefni County School and attempted to gain entrance to university, but failed the English examination...
. It was made by Hammer Films and based on a play by Wilfred Burr. It is also known by the alternative title
Alternative title
An alternative title is a film distribution device. Films are commonly released under a different title when they are screened or sold in a different country. This can vary from small alteration to the title, such as the addition of The, to wholesale changes...
Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress. Its plot concerns private detective Doctor Morelle, who is intrigued by a case of a wealthy young woman who has mysteriously vanished.
Cast
- Valentine DyallValentine DyallValentine Dyall was an English character actor, the son of veteran actor Franklin Dyall. Dyall was especially popular as a voice actor, due to his very distinctive sepulchral voice, he was known for many years as "The Man in Black", narrator of the BBC Radio horror series Appointment With Fear.In...
- Doctor Morelle - Peter DruryPeter DruryPeter Drury, born 1968, is ITV Sport's number two football commentator, a role he has held since joining the network in 1998.A politics graduate from Hull University, Peter began his career as a journalist with Hayters sports agency before joining BBC Radio Leeds in 1990 as a football and cricket...
- Peter Lorrimer - Hugh GriffithHugh GriffithHugh Emrys Griffith was a Welsh film, stage and television actor.-Early life:Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, Wales, the son of Mary and William Griffith. He was educated at Llangefni County School and attempted to gain entrance to university, but failed the English examination...
- Bensall, the butler - Julia Lang - Miss Frayle
- Jean LodgeJean LodgeJean Lodge is an English film and television actress.She played Guinevere in The Black Knight and Lady Netherden in The Hellfire Club....
- Cynthia Mason - Philip Leaver - Samuel Kimber
- Sidney VivianSidney Vivian-Selected filmography:* Dick Barton Strikes Back * Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress * Whispering Smith Hits London * Lady Godiva Rides Again * Down Among the Z Men * The Great Game...
- Inspector - James RaglanJames Raglan-In Australia:Early in 1935 he was brought out to Australia with the Gabriel Toyne company by J. C. Williamson, playing Laburnum Grove and Michael Egan's The Dominant Sex. During this time he had appeared in the radio serials The Scarlet Pimpernel and Khyber by Edmund Barclay, in both series...
- Bruce Walker