UK,
1954, 91 min
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)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Venice Film Festival
- 1954 - Robert Hamer (Golden Lion for Best Film)