''Solution by Phone'' is a 1954 British

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by

Alfred Travers Alfred Travers (born 1906, date of death unknown) was a Turkish-born British screenwriter and film director, Filmography * '' Non Stop nach Afrika'' (short) (1933) (as Alfred Jungermann) * '' Kuddelmuddel'' (short) (1934) (as Alfred Jungermann) ...

and starring Clifford Evans,

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and

Georgina Cookson Antoinette Georgina Cookson (19 December 1918 – 1 October 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011. Family Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Tayl ...

. The screenplay concerns an actor who seeks help from a crime novelist in his attempts to dispose of a body. It was a

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, shot at

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with sets designed by the

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Cast

* Clifford Evans as Richard Hanborough *

as Ann Selby *

John Witty John Witty (1915–1990) was a British film and television actor. Witty's distinguished voice appeared extensively on various series and documentary short films. He presented the TV series ''Mail Call'' (1955–56) with his wife Genine Graham. ...

as Peter Wayne *

as Frances Hanborough * Enid Hewitt as Mrs. Garner * Geoffrey Goodheart as Inspector Kirby *

Max Brimmell Max Brimmell (25 June 1920 in London – 17 February 1997 in Sussex) was a British actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre o ...

as Sgt. Woods

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1954 films 1954 crime films Films directed by Alfred Travers British crime films British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-crime-film-stub