Lady in the Fog (1952)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Sam Newfield
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Writers:

Orville H. Hampton (screenplay)
Lester Powell (story)

Release Date:

31 October 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery

Tagline:

Murder was easy...this girl was tough...to solve!

Plot:

English woman asks an American detective visiting London to help find her brother's killer |

Cast

Cesar Romero	...	Philip 'Phil' O'Dell
Lois Maxwell	...	Margaret 'Peggy' Maybrick
Bernadette O'Farrell	...	Heather McMara
Geoffrey Keen	...	Christopher Hampden
Campbell Singer	...	Inspector Rigby
Alastair Hunter	...	Detective Sergeant Reilly
Mary Mackenzie	...	Marilyn Durant
Lloyd Lamble	...	Martin Sorrowby
Frank Birch	...	Boswell, the airport manager
Wensley Pithey	...	Sid, the bartender
Reed De Rouen	...	Connors, the thug
Peter Swanwick	...	Smithers
Bill Fraser	...	Sales Manager
Lionel Harris	...	Allan Mellon
Betty Cooper	...	Dr. Campbell, asylum superintendant
Clare James	...	Miss Andrews - Asylum receptionist
Katie Johnson	...	'Mary Stuart' Old Inmate At Murder Scene
Jacques Cey	...	Head Waiter
Jean Bayliss	...	Delmont Switchboard Operator
Richard Johnson	...	Danny McMara, hit-and-run victim
Stuart Nichol	...	Steve
Marguerite Brennan	...	Desk Clerk at Heather's Apartment
Robert Adair	...	John - the film director
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Terry Carney	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Robert Dorning	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Josephine Douglas	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Christina Forrest	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Howarth	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Lisa Lee	...	Donna Devore (uncredited)
Robert Moore	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Stuart Saunders	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Dorinda Stevens	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Hazel Sutton	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Larry Taylor	...	Minor Role (uncredited)

Directed by
Sam Newfield
Pat Jackson		(uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Orville H. Hampton		screenplay (as Orville Hampton)
Lester Powell		story

Produced by
Anthony Hinds	....	producer

Original Music by
Ivor Slaney

Cinematography by
Walter J. Harvey

Film Editing by
James Needs

Casting by
Michael Carreras

Art Direction by
C. Wilfred Arnold

Makeup Department
Bill Griffiths	....	hair stylist
Philip Leakey	....	makeup artist

Production Management
John 'Pinky' Green	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Basil Keys	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bill Salter	....	sound (as William Salter)

Camera and Electrical Department
Moray Grant	....	camera operator

Music Department
Muir Mathieson	....	musical director

Other crew
Renée Glynne	....	continuity
Pat Jenkins	....	dialogue coach (as Patrick Jenkins)
Robert L. Lippert	....	presenter (US release)

Production Companies

• Hammer Film Productions (in association with)
• Lippert Films

Distributors

• Exclusive Films (1952) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lippert Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)

Also Known As:

Scotland Yard Inspector (USA)

Runtime:

73 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

B movie starring Cesar Romero

"Lady in the Fog" is a 1952 film starring Cesar Romero as an amateur detective, Philip O'Dell, an American currently in London. He helps a woman (Lois Maxwell) whom he meets in a bar - her brother was run down by a car in the heavy London fog, but she is convinced that it wasn't accidental. O'Dell investigates, and finds himself involved with an old case, a mental hospital, a filmmaker, and a nightclub.

Romero is a delightful actor, and this story has a lot of comedic elements which he acquits very well. He was very underrated, which is clear if one sees him in "The Captain from Castile" and "Julia Misbehaves." The story of "Lady in the Fog" is about as lame as it gets and pretty easy to figure out. It's made on the cheap. Romero is always worth seeing, though.