The Mysterious Mr. Davis

1939 British film

Jenaro Prieto (novel)
Jacques Prévert
Cecil Madden

Produced byClaude Autant-LaraStarring

Henry Kendall
Kathleen Kelly
Alastair Sim

Music byJohn Reynders

Production
companies

Oxford Films
Veneficus Films

Distributed byRKO Pictures

Release date

1939 (1939)

Running time

58 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

The Mysterious Mr. Davis is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim.^[1] It was made as a quota quickie and distributed by the American company RKO Pictures.^[2] It was based on the 1928 novel The Partner by Jenaro Prieto and was released the same year as an Italian adaptation The Silent Partner.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Henry Kendall as Julian Roscoe
Kathleen Kelly as Audrey Roscoe
Richard Gofe as Teddy Roscoe
Alastair Sim as Theodore F. Wilcox - the Lunatic
Morris Harvey as Samuel Goldenburg
Jeanne Stuart as Anita Goldenburg
A. Bromley Davenport as Lord Avonmouth
Guy Middleton as Milton
Quentin McPhearson as The Landlord
Ben Field as The Decorator
Fred Duprez as Wilcox
Alfred Wellesley as The Pawnbroker
Ethel Griffies as Mabel Wilcox
May Hallatt as Telegraph Clerk

Critical reception

Allmovie described it as "Mild and dated."^[5]

References

^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) - Claude Autant-Lara | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
^ Chibnall p.290
^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1940)". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020.
^ "The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939) - Claude Autant-Lara | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.

Bibliography

Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007. (Indexed under the US title My Partner, Mr Davis.)