Premiere | |
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Directed by | Walter Summers |
Written by |
Friedrich Dammann Max Wallner F. McGrew Willis |
Produced by | Walter C. Mycroft |
Starring |
John Lodge Judy Kelly Joan Marion Hugh Williams |
Cinematography | Otto Kanturek |
Edited by | Lionel Tomlinson |
Music by |
Dénes Buday Szabolcs Fényes |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Associated British |
Release date | October 1938 |
Running time | 71 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Premiere is a 1938 British musical mystery film directed by Walter Summers and starring John Lodge, Judy Kelly, Joan Marion, Hugh Williams. In Paris a leading theatre impresario is murdered on opening night, shortly after replacing his leading lady. A police Inspector in the audience takes over the investigation. [1]
The film was shot at Elstree Studios. [2] It was a close remake of the 1937 Austrian film Premiere and re-used a number of musical scenes from the original which were dubbed into English.