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Silent Dust is a British film of genre Drama directed by Lance Comfort released in USA on 29 december 1949 with Nigel Patrick
Silent Dust (1949)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 29 december 1949
Length 1h22
Directed by Lance Comfort
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Rating67%
Silent Dust is a 1949 British drama/thriller film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Sally Gray, Stephen Murray, Derek Farr and Nigel Patrick. The screenplay was by Michael Pertwee, adapted from his own play The Paragon. The film was shot in film noir style with dramatic use of light and shadow.
A contemporary review in the Australian The Age credited it as "first-class screen fare...strong drama...(which) combines a good and arresting story with first class acting". The New York Times found the film to have "considerable merit as drama" and singled out Murray's "acutely sharp characterization" for praise, but felt that overall it was somewhat let down by "(showing) its stage heritage in a number of static sequences which rob it of much-needed vitality".
Synopsis
Simon Rawley is reported killed in the last days of World War II, and his blind father Robert (Murray) decides to build a sports pavilion in his memory in the local village. His neighbour Lord Clandon (Seymour Hicks) urges him to dedicate it to all the local men who gave their lives in the war, but Robert refuses. Planning and construction take some time and three years pass, during which Simon's widow Angela (Gray) falls in love with local doctor's son Maxwell Oliver (Derek Farr). Robert cannot help feeling that this is disloyal to his dead son, but his second wife Joan (Campbell) does her best to convince him that Angela is entitled to search for happiness again. The pavilion is finally completed and plans are in place for the grand dedication and opening. The local police are meanwhile looking for a villain who coshed a motorist and stole his car in London, and has dumped the car in the vicinity.Actors
Nigel Patrick
(Simon Rawley)
Sally Gray
(Angela Rawley)
Beatrice Campbell
(Joan Rawley)
Derek Farr
(Maxwell Oliver)
Seymour Hicks
(Lord Clandon)
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