An Inspector Calls
Is he real... or the creature of conscience?
1954 · 1h 20m · Approved
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Directed by
Guy Hamilton
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An Inspector Calls
Overview
An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
Director and cast
- Guy Hamilton Director
- Alastair Sim as Inspector Poole
- Olga Lindo as Mrs. Sybil Birling
- Arthur Young as Mr. Arthur Birling
- Brian Worth as Gerald Croft
- Eileen Moore as Sheila Birling
- Bryan Forbes as Eric Birling
- Jane Wenham as Eva Smith
- George Woodbridge as Fish & Chip Shop Owner - Stanley
- Barbara Everest as Committee Member - Mrs. Lefson
- Charles Saynor as Police Officer - Arnold Ransom
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