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Latest revision as of 13:30, 24 November 2024

For the 1932 American film, see The Man from Yesterday.

The Man from Yesterday
Opening titles
Directed byOswald Mitchell
Written byJohn Gilling
Produced byHarry Reynolds
Starring
CinematographyCyril Bristow
Edited byRobert Johnson
Music byGeorge Melachrino
Production
company
International Motion Pictures
Distributed byRenown Pictures
Release date
  • May 1949 (1949-05)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Man from Yesterday is a 1949 British second feature ('B')[1] thriller film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring John Stuart, Henry Oscar and Marie Burke.[2] It was written by John Gilling and made at Southall Studios.

Plot

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Julius Rickman returns from India to visit his old friend Gerald Amersley. Before long Rickman comes to dominate the household and appears to harbour a grudge against them. Cedric Fox, Gerald's sister Doris's fiancé, has been murdered, and Doris asks Rickman to use his alleged spiritualist gifts to contact Cedric via a séance. Soon afterwards, Doris is found dead. When Rickman accuses Gerald of murdering Doris as well as Cedric, Gerald throws him from a window and kills him. Gerald is tried for Rickman's murder, but there is a twist to the story.

Cast

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Reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The story, though heavily dramatic, is satisfactorily, if slowly, developed, and the climax is kept a well-preserved secret until the end. John Stuart, Henry Oscar, Marie Burke, and Gwyneth Vaughan do their best to sustain interest and make the whole thing seem credible."[3]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Good idea; but development barely satisfactory."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 156. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "The Man from Yesterday". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ "The Man from Yesterday". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 16 (181): 97. 1 January 1949 – via ProQuest.
  4. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 227. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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