''The Fourth Square'' is a 1961 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
Allan Davis and starring
Conrad Phillips
Conrad Philip Havord (13 April 1925 – 13 January 2016), known professionally as Conrad Phillips, was an English television and film actor. He is best known for playing William Tell in the adventure series ''The Adventures of William Tell'' ( ...
,
Natasha Parry
Natasha Parry (2 December 1930 – 22 July 2015) was an English actress of Russian descent. The daughter of film director Gordon Parry (film director), Gordon Parry, she was married to theatre director Peter Brook from 1951 until her death, and ...
and
Delphi Lawrence
Delphi Lawrence (23 March 1932 – 11 April 2002) was an English actress.
She was educated at Halidon House School in Slough, Berkshire, whilst living in Colnbrook.
Born to Barbara Yvonne ( Enever) and Louis Holzman, who wed in 1930, she wa ...
. Part of the long-running series of
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The E ...
films made at
Merton Park Studios Merton Park Studios, opened in 1929, was a British film production studio located at Long Lodge, 269 Kingston Road in Merton Park, South London. In the 1940s, it was owned by Piprodia Entertainment, Nikhanj Films and Film Producers Guild. Peter M ...
, it is loosely based on the 1929 novel ''
Four Square Jane'' by
Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...
.
[Goble p.486]
The film's sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...
Peter Mullins
Peter Mullins (9 July 1926 – 13 April 2012) was an Australian decathlete and basketball player. He competed in the decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics. As a basketball player, he played at the 1959 FIBA World Championship on the Cana ...
.
Cast
References
Bibliography
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
External links
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1961 films
British crime films
1961 crime films
Films set in England
Merton Park Studios films
Films directed by Allan Davis
Films based on British novels
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
1960s English-language films
1960s British films
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