- Source: Marriage of Convenience (1960 film)
Marriage of Convenience is a 1960 British crime film directed by Clive Donner and starring Harry H. Corbett, John Cairney and John Van Eyssen. The screenplay was by Robert Banks Stewart, based on the 1924 Edgar Wallace novel The Three Oak Mystery. It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.
Plot
A convict escapes from jail, only to discover that his girlfriend has married the police officer who arrested him.
Cast
Harry H. Corbett as Inspector Bruce
John Cairney as Larry
John Van Eyssen as John Mandle
Jennifer Daniel as Barbara Blair
Moira Redmond as Tina
Russell Waters as Sam Spencer
Trevor Reid as Superintendent Carver
Howard Goorney as onion seller
Alexander Archdale as governor
Geoffrey Denton as uniformed inspector
Patrick Ludlow as registrar
Barry MacLean as 1st warder
Basil Beale as 2nd warder
Alex Scott as Vic Ellis
Patricia Burke as woman in the apartment
Pauline Shepherd as Evie Martin
Leila Williams as secretary
Duncan Burns as garage apprentice
Trevor Maskell as Sergeant Collins
Release
Marriage of Convenience was the first of the Edgar Wallace series to be allocated to the Rank circuit for general release. It went out as support for Man in the Moon (1960) from January 15, 1961.
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Altogether a disappointing addition to Merton Park's new Edgar Wallace series, in that Clive Donner's surprisingly stiff, journeyman style of direction provides nothing to compensate for the generally amateurish level of performance and writing."
References
External links
Marriage of Convenience at IMDb