The Detective

The Detective

Father Brown
🎞️ Movie 91 min GB
โ˜… 6.7 /10 1954

«An open and shut case of Guinness! Up to his EARS in chaos...Up to his NECK in laughs»

Amateur detective Father Ignatius Brown defies his Bishop and decides to transport to Rome a holy relic from his church - a cross that once belonged to St. Augustin - rather than allow the more elaborate plans to proceed. On the channel crossing he becomes suspicious of a fellow traveler, a Mr Dobson, whom Brown quickly determines is not the automobile salesman he claims to be. He does befriend another priest whom he takes into his confidence but soon realizes that his suspicions should have been reversed. The fake priest is in fact Gustave Flambeau a professional art thief and an expert at disguise. After he gets away with the cross, Brown refuses to work with the police, insisting that he wants to save the man's soul, not put him in prison. With the assistance of his friend Lady Warren, Father Brown sets a trap for Flambeau but Brown realizes that his work is only just beginning.

Cast

Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
Father Brown
Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
Lady Warren
Peter Finch
Peter Finch
Flambeau
Cecil Parker
Cecil Parker
The Bishop
Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
Inspector Valentine
Sidney James
Sidney James
Parkinson
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Inspector Dubois
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Ernest Clark
Bishop's Secretary
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Aubrey Woods
Charlie
John Salew
John Salew
Station Sergeant
Georges Auric
Georges Auric
Composer
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Harry Waxman
Cinematographer