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A Film for the Family: Father Brown

BBC One
on BBC One London

Feature films selected for the occasion - at home with the family -this week starring Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch

A priest, who spends his spare time capturing and reforming criminals, almost meets his match. Alec Guinness gives a delightfully inventive and humorous performance in this G.K. Chesterton story directed by Robert Hamer.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Thelma Schnee
Screenplay/Director:
Robert Hamer
Based on the stories by:
G.K. Chesterton
Producer:
Vivian A. Cox
Father Brown:
Alec Guinness
Lady Warren:
Joan Greenwood
Flambeau:
Peter Finch
The Bishop:
Cecil Parker
Inspector Valentine:
Bernard Lee
Parkinson:
Sidney James
Source: Radio Times

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