The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson
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The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson is a 1947 British
crime film
directed by Oswald Mitchell
and starring Anthony Hulme
, Lesley Osmond
and Frank Hawkins
. The beneficiary of a lucrative inheritance is found dead by a solicitor's clerk.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Mitchell
Oswald Albert Mitchell was a British film director who directed several of the Old Mother Riley series of films.-Selected filmography:* Such Is the Law * Danny Boy * Old Mother Riley...
and starring Anthony Hulme
Anthony Hulme
-Selected filmography:* A Yank at Oxford * The Body Vanished * The Frozen Limits * They Came by Night * Laugh It Off * Journey Together * Send for Paul Temple * Cardboard Cavalier...
, Lesley Osmond
Lesley Osmond
-Selected filmography:* Asking for Trouble * The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson * House of Darkness * This Was a Woman * Let's Have a Murder * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Chelsea Story...
and Frank Hawkins
Frank Hawkins
Frank Hawkins, Jr. is a former professional football player, a running back who played seven seasons in the NFL with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, from 1981 to 1987.-Football career:...
. The beneficiary of a lucrative inheritance is found dead by a solicitor's clerk.
Cast
- Anthony HulmeAnthony Hulme-Selected filmography:* A Yank at Oxford * The Body Vanished * The Frozen Limits * They Came by Night * Laugh It Off * Journey Together * Send for Paul Temple * Cardboard Cavalier...
- Nicholson / Raeburn - Lesley OsmondLesley Osmond-Selected filmography:* Asking for Trouble * The Mysterious Mr. Nicholson * House of Darkness * This Was a Woman * Let's Have a Murder * The Story of Shirley Yorke * Chelsea Story...
- Peggy Dundas - Frank HawkinsFrank HawkinsFrank Hawkins, Jr. is a former professional football player, a running back who played seven seasons in the NFL with the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders, from 1981 to 1987.-Football career:...
- Inspector Morley - Andrew Laurence - Waring
- Douglas Stewart - Seymour
- George BishopGeorge BishopGeorge Arthur Bishop was a Welsh association football player. He played professionally for Gillingham and Merthyr Town between 1926 and 1932.-References:...
- Mr Browne - Josie Bradley - Freda
- Ivy Collins - Mrs Barnes