The Harassed Hero

The Harassed Hero
Guy Middleton and Joan Winmill Brown
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	Clive Nicholas
Written by	Brock Williams
Based on	novel The Harassed Hero by Ernest Dudley
Starring	Guy Middleton Joan Winmill Brown Elwyn Brook-Jones
Music by	Frank Chacksfield
Cinematography	Hone Glendinning (as Hone Glendining)
Edited by	Anne Barker
Production company	Corsair Pictures
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé (UK)
Release dates	1954
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Harassed Hero is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones.^[1] It was based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Dudley.^[2]

Plot

Wealthy hypochondriac bachelor Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton) has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but unfortunately finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse (Joan Winmill Brown) is kidnapped by the gang.

Partial cast

Guy Middleton – Murray Selwyn
Joan Winmill Brown – Nurse Brooks
Elwyn Brook-Jones – Logan
Mary Mackenzie – Estelle Logan
Harold Goodwin – Twigg
Joss Ambler – Dr. Grice
Clive Morton – Archer
Hugh Moxey – Willis
Stafford Byrne
Gabrielle Brune
Gaylord Cavallaro
Simone Lovell
Alfred Maron

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "silly comedy routines abound in this patented British farce." ^[3]

References

↑ "The Harassed Hero (1954)". BFI.
↑ "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". google.co.uk.
↑ "The Harassed Hero". TVGuide.com.

External links

The Harassed Hero at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

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