The Body Said No!
1950 British film by Val Guest
- 8 May 1950 (1950-05-08)
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The Body Said No! is a 1950 British crime comedy film directed and written by Val Guest and starring Michael Rennie, Yolande Donlan, and Hy Hazell.[1][2] It was shot at Walton Studios near London and distributed by Eros Films.
Plot
In a British TV studio, Michael Rennie (as himself) is performing live in a dramatic broadcast. On a neighbouring set, cabaret singer Mikki Brent thinks she sees a coded plot being discussed to murder Rennie. Her friends are sceptical, but she warns Rennie, and various adventures and investigations ensue.
Cast
- Michael Rennie as The Body
- Yolande Donlan as Mikki Brent
- Hy Hazell as Sue
- Jon Pertwee as watchman
- Valentine Dyall as John Sutherland
- Reginald Beckwith as Benton
- Arthur Hill as Robin King
- Cyril Smith as sergeant
- Jack Billings as Eddie
- Peter Butterworth as driver
- Maggie Rennie as Mrs Rennie
- Joyce Heron as journalist
- Winifred Shotter as TV announcer
- Eddie Vitch as diner
- Ivan Craig as Derek
- Barry O'Neill as constable
- Jack Faint as Anton
- Sam Kydd as Sam
Production
The film was written as a vehicle for Yolande Dolan. She was reunited with Michael Rennie who had appeared with her in Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949).[3]
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Cabaret numbers help to fill out the slim material, and Yolande Donlan as the dizzy girl provides her own brand of accomplished comedy."[4]
TV Guide wrote: "an early inside glimpse of the television world, but a paranoid no-brainer."[5]
References
- ^ "The Body Said No!". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ "The Body Said No!". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 January 2009.
- ^ Fowler, Roy (1988). "Interview with Val Guest". British Entertainment History Project.
- ^ "The Body Said No!". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 17 (193): 65. 1 January 1950 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "The Body Said No!". TV Guide.
External links
- The Body Said No! at IMDb
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Films directed by Val Guest
- Miss London Ltd. (1943)
- Bees in Paradise (1944)
- Give Us the Moon (1944)
- I'll Be Your Sweetheart (1945)
- Just William's Luck (1947)
- William Comes to Town (1948)
- Murder at the Windmill (1949)
- Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
- Mister Drake's Duck (1951)
- Penny Princess (1952)
- The Runaway Bus (1954)
- Life with the Lyons (1954)
- Dance, Little Lady (1954)
- The Body Said No! (1954)
- The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
- The Lyons in Paris (1955)
- Break in the Circle (1955)
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
- They Can't Hang Me (1955)
- It's a Wonderful World (1956)
- Carry On Admiral (1957)
- The Weapon (1957)
- Quatermass 2 (1957)
- The Abominable Snowman (1957)
- The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
- Up the Creek (1958)
- Further Up the Creek (1958)
- Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
- Expresso Bongo (1959)
- Life Is a Circus (1960)
- Hell Is a City (1960)
- The Full Treatment (1960)
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
- Jigsaw (1962)
- 80,000 Suspects (1963)
- The Beauty Jungle (1964)
- Where the Spies Are (1965)
- Casino Royale (1967)
- Assignment K (1968)
- Toomorrow (1970)
- When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
- Au Pair Girls (1972)
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
- Killer Force (1976)
- The Boys in Blue (1982)
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