''Distant Trumpet'' is a 1952 British

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Terence Fisher Terence Fisher (23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, ...

and starring

Derek Bond Derek William Douglas Bond MC (26 January 1920 – 15 October 2006) was a British actor. He was President of the trade union Equity from 1984 to 1986. Life and career Bond was born on 26 January 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberd ...

and Jean Patterson. A Harley Street doctor answers the call to perform medical missionary work in Africa, taking over from his indisposed brother.

Cast

as David Anthony * Jean Patterson as Valerie Maitland * Derek Elphinstone as Richard Anthony * Anne Brooke as Beryl Jeffries * Grace Gavin as Mrs. Phillips * Jean Webster Brough as Mrs. Waterhouse * Grace Denbeigh-Russell as Mrs Hallet * Constance Fraser as Mrs Nettley * Alban Blakelock as Mr Harris * John Howlett as Bill Hepple *

Keith Pyott Keith Pyott ( Blackheath, London, 9 March 1902 - 6 April 1968) was a British actor. He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in '' Educated Evans'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Out o ...

as Sir Rudolph Gettins * Peter Fontaine as Peter * Gwynne Whitby as Lady Marriot-Stokes * Anne Hunter as 'Simply Dressed Woman'

References

External links

* 1952 films British drama films 1952 drama films Films directed by Terence Fisher British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub