Mine Own Executioner
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| Directed by | Anthony Kimmins |
| Produced by | Anthony Kimmins Jack Kitchin Alexander Korda (exec producer) |
| Written by | Nigel Balchin |
| Based on | novel by Nigel Balchin |
| Starring | Burgess Meredith |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
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| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £158,734 (UK)[1] |
Mine Own Executioner is a 1947 British psychological thriller drama film starring Burgess Meredith and directed by Anthony Kimmins, and based on the novel of the same name by Nigel Balchin. It was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
The title is derived from a quotation of John Donne's "Devotions", which serves as the motto for the original book.
Plot
Felix Milne (Meredith) is an overworked psychologist with psychological problems of his own. Molly Lucian has a husband traumatized from having been in a Japanese POW camp, and she needs Milne's help in treating her husband, Adam. Adam is about to become severely schizophrenic. To make matters worse, Felix finds his own home life deteriorating.
Cast
- Burgess Meredith as Felix Milne
- Dulcie Gray as Patricia Milne
- Michael Shepley as Peter Edge
- Christine Norden as Barbara Edge
- Kieron Moore as Adam Lucian
- Barbara White as Molly Lucian
- Walter Fitzgerald as Dr. Norris Pile
- Edgar Norfolk as Sir George Freethorne
- John Laurie as Dr. James Garsten
- Martin Miller as Dr. Hans Tautz
- Clive Morton as Robert Paston
- Joss Ambler as Julian Briant
- Jack Raine as Inspector Pierce
- Laurence Hanray as Dr. Lefage
- Helen Haye as Lady Maresfield
- John Stuart as Dr. John Hayling
Production
Burgess Meredith was imported from Hollywood to play the lead. At the same time, his wife Paulette Goddard was also hired by Alexander Korda to appear in An Ideal Husband (1947).[3]
Australian Frederic Hilton worked as technical adviser.[4]
Reception
The film was picketed in the US by the Sons of Liberty, an anti-British group active in the time.[5] The picketing was part of the group's call to boycott British films and products, and had little to do with "Mine Own Executioner" in itself.
References
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- ↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000
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- 1947 films
- English-language films
- 1940s drama films
- 1940s psychological thriller films
- British films
- British drama films
- Black-and-white films
- Films directed by Anthony Kimmins
- Films set in London
- Medical-themed films
- Films produced by Alexander Korda
