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Voice of Merrill
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A murdered blackmailer...
Review date: 2008-10-28 Rating: 8 out of 10
The Voice of Merrill made in 1952 is an interesting melodrama with atmospheric photography by Monty Berman and it is one of the early Tempean productions (Robert S Baker & Monty Berman) and was made for around £20,000. See Odeon Entertainments release Blackout also from Tempean.
The stars are Valerie Hobson towards the end of her movie career, Edward Underdown still a star name in British films at the time and James Robertson Justice and there are lots of other well known faces too...including Garry Marsh and Sam Kydd.
The incidental music by Frank Cordell adds to the early 1950s feel and this film has much more of a first feature impact about it. Music was always an important part of a Tempean film and more often than not it was Stanley Black providing it.
The film is directed and written by John Gilling who worked for the company on a number of occasions and one gets the feeling that such a team effort produced the goods to a high quality time after time.
Odeon have produced an excellent liner booklet with plenty of stills and information on the actors, director and production company. Inside the DVD box is reprinted a trade ad from possibly Kine Weekly and this all adds to the great interest for the collector. Please note that the picture quality if definitely better than the sound which is somewhat distorted on the opening and closing credits. Overall, very enjoyable and leaving you wanting to sample more Tempean titles.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Valerie Hobson
Edward Underdown
Creators:
Valerie Hobson (Primary Contributor)
Edward Underdown (Primary Contributor)
Recording label: Odeon Entertainment
Manufacturer: Odeon Entertainment
EAN: 5060082512315
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Black & White, Dolby, PAL,
Release date: 2008-06-23
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 83 minutes
Language: English (Unknown)