Piccadilly Incident
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| Directed by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Written by | Nicholas Phipps |
| Based on | an original story by Florence Tranter |
| Starring |
Anna Neagle Michael Wilding |
| Music by | Anthony Collins |
| Cinematography | Max Greene |
| Edited by | Flora Newton |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Pathé Pictures Ltd (UK) |
Release dates | 30 September 1946 (UK) |
Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £258,057 (UK)[1] |
Piccadilly Incident is a 1946 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Coral Browne, Edward Rigby and Leslie Dwyer.[2] Wilcox teamed his wife Anna Neagle with Michael Wilding for the first time, establishing them as top box-office stars in five more films, ending with The Lady with a Lamp in 1951.[3] Wilding was third choice for leading man after Rex Harrison and John Mills.[4]
Premise
A married woman is believed dead in a shipwreck, but returns home with the Second World War at its height to find her husband remarried.[5][6]
Cast
- Anna Neagle as Diana Fraser
- Michael Wilding as Captain Alan Pearson
- Frances Mercer as Joan Draper
- Michael Laurence as Bill Weston
- Coral Browne as Virginia Pearson
- A. E. Matthews as Sir Charles Pearson
- Edward Rigby as Judd
- Brenda Bruce as Sally Benton
- Leslie Dwyer as Sam
- Maire O'Neill as Mrs. Millgan
- Reginald Owen as Judge
- Michael Medwin as Radio Operator
- Roger Moore as Guest Sitting at Pearson's Table (uncredited)
Reception
Piccadilly Incident was the second most popular film at the British box office in 1946, after The Wicked Lady.[7][8]
It was voted the best British film of 1946 at Britain's National Film Awards.[9] Neagle's performance meant she was voted Best Actress of the year by the readers of Picturegoer magazine.[10]
Though The New York Times thought the film demonstrated "the British are quite as capable as the Americans of unconvincing direction, ill-considered writing and tedious acting," critic Godfrey Winn wrote "In Piccadilly Incident is born the greatest team in British Films";[11] Leonard Maltin wrote "good British cast gives life to oft-filmed plot";[12] Allmovie called the film "a weeper deluxe";[4] and the Radio Times concluded that the film "effectively opens the tear ducts."[3]
References
- ↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p483
- ↑ "Piccadilly Incident". 4 August 1948 – via IMDb.
- 1 2 "Piccadilly Incident - Film from RadioTimes".
- 1 2 "Piccadilly Incident (1948) - Herbert Wilcox - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/46391
- ↑ "Piccadilly Incident.". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 15 February 1947. p. 30. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "Personality Parade.". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1947. p. 9 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ Robert Murphy, Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48 2003 p209
- ↑ "BRITAIN'S FAVORITE STARS FOR 1946.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 April 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "ANNA NEAGLE GETS A TROPHY.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 5 September 1947. p. 25. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Piccadilly Incident (1946)".
- ↑ "Piccadilly Incident (1946) - Overview - TCM.com".
External links
- Piccadilly Incident at BFI Screenonline
- Piccadilly Incident at IMDB
- Review of fil at Variety